(17781) Kepping Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Ashley Deane Kepping (b. 1985) was awarded first place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her biochemistry team project. She attends the Northport High School, Northport, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kepping is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kepping is 2.29 au from the Sun and 1.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17781 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FH23 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.52 km (#13,893 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.357 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.27 |
| Orbital period | 3.80 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.28 – 2.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0621 |
| Inclination | 3.09° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.27 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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