(17205) McCreery Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kyra McCreery (b. 2002) was a finalist in the 2020 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her environmental science project. She attended the North Shore High School, Glen Head, New York.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #8, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where McCreery is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: McCreery is 2.80 au from the Sun and 3.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17205 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AM105 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.38 km (#14,272 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.204 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.23 |
| Orbital period | 4.34 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.66 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.36 – 2.96 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.114 |
| Inclination | 15.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.42 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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