(17192) Loharu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Evgeniy E. Loharu (b. 1985) was awarded second place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his mathematics team project; and third place in the American Mathematical Society's Karl Menger Memorial Prize. He attends the Continuous Math Education Center, St. Petersburg, Russia.Naming citation (20040614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Loharu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Loharu is 2.45 au from the Sun and 2.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17192 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XL172 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.86 km (#13,084 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.298 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.32 |
| Orbital period | 4.02 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.53 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.29 – 2.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0937 |
| Inclination | 4.61° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.30 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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