(17174) Krivitsky Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Violetta Rose Krivitsky (b. 2002) was a finalist in the 2020 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her cellular and molecular biology project. She attended the Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, New Jersey.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #8, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Krivitsky is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Krivitsky is 2.56 au from the Sun and 2.32 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17174 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RX53 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.89 km (#10,835 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.268 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.05 |
| Orbital period | 4.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.51 – 2.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0485 |
| Inclination | 10.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.52 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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