(17260) Kusnirak Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Peter Kušnirák (b. 1974) is a prolific asteroid photometrist who has worked at Ondřejov since 1999. He is the principal discoverer of two binary asteroids and co-discoverer of several others, using the photometry technique. He is a discoverer or co-discoverer of nearly 300 asteroids. Name suggested by P. Pravec and A. Harris.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-06-20), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kusnirak is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kusnirak is 2.47 au from the Sun and 2.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17260 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JQ58 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 3.13 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.52 |
| Orbital period | 3.27 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.80 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.184 |
| Inclination | 5.29° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.821 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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