(17147) Mariafields Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Maria Liberty Fields (b. 2002) was a finalist in the 2020 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her computational biology and bioinformatics project. She attended the University Liggett School, Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #8, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mariafields is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mariafields is 2.87 au from the Sun and 2.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17147 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 JF102 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.44 km (#9,814 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.164 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.88 |
| Orbital period | 4.93 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.90 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.65 – 3.15 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0865 |
| Inclination | 3.00° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.64 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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