(17000) Medvedev Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Alexandr V. Medvedev (b. 1985) was awarded third place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his mathematics project; and second place in the American Mathematical Society's Karl Menger Memorial Prize. He attends the BSU Liceum, Minsk, Belarus.Naming citation (20040614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Medvedev is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Medvedev is 2.16 au from the Sun and 1.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17000 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 CV48 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.79 km (#13,243 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.339 |
| Rotation period | 6.86 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.32 |
| Orbital period | 3.27 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.90 – 2.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.137 |
| Inclination | 5.35° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.896 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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