(17049) Miron Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 March 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Rachelle Elizabeth Miron (b. 1985) was awarded second place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental science team project. She attends the Ecole Secondaire Algonquin, North Bay, Ontario, Canada.Naming citation (20040614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Miron is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Miron is 2.63 au from the Sun and 3.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17049 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 FJ34 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.71 km (#13,447 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.223 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.68 |
| Orbital period | 4.04 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.39 – 2.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0567 |
| Inclination | 5.34° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.39 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 19 March 1999
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- (11206) Bibee
- (11409) Horkheimer
- (15499) Cloyd
- (15500) Anantpatel
- (17030) Sierks
- (17039) Yeuseyenka
- (17040) Almeida
- (17041) Castagna
- (17042) Madiraju
- (17043) Santucci
- (17044) Mubdirahman