(170008) Michaelstrauss Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 October 2002 by Sloan Digital Sky Survey at Apache Point.
Michael Strauss (b. 1961) is an American astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, known for discoveries of very distant quasars with SDSS.Naming citation (20130127/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Michaelstrauss is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Michaelstrauss is 2.78 au from the Sun and 1.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 170008 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 TZ338 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.92 |
| Orbital period | 4.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.81 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.75 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0219 |
| Inclination | 6.52° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.77 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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