(17100) Kamiokanatsu Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 10 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Natsumi Kamioka (b. 1985) was awarded fourth place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her physics team project. She attends the Niihama West High School, Niihama, Ehime, Japan.Naming citation (20040614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Kamiokanatsu is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kamiokanatsu is 2.70 au from the Sun and 3.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number17100
Provisional designation1999 JT37
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter10.8 km (#4,659 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0600
Rotation period7.07 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)13.88
Orbital period4.65 years
Semi-major axis2.79 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.64 – 2.94 au
Eccentricity0.0535
Inclination5.59°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.66 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 10 May 1999

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