(17201) Matjazhumar Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Matjaz Humar (b. 1983) was awarded second place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his physics team project. He attends the Solski Center Nova Gorica, Gimnazija, Nova Gorica, Slovenia.Naming citation (20040614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Matjazhumar is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Matjazhumar is 2.60 au from the Sun and 3.53 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17201 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AJ58 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.48 km (#8,272 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0800 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.6 |
| Orbital period | 5.24 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.02 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.59 – 3.45 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.141 |
| Inclination | 1.53° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.60 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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