(17460) Mang Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 October 1990 by Schmadel, L. D., Borngen, F. at Tautenburg.
Herbert Mang (b. 1942) is professor of material sciences at the Vienna University of Technology. He is a well-known expert in computational mechanics and a friend of astronomy. Mang currently serves as president of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna. The name was suggested by the first discoverer.Naming citation (20040713/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mang is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mang is 2.54 au from the Sun and 3.43 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17460 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 TC11 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.86 |
| Orbital period | 3.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.98 – 2.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.124 |
| Inclination | 2.29° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.994 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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