(17048) Nicolesegaran Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 March 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Nicole Lakshmi Segaran (b. 2001) was awarded second place in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her biomedical and health sciences team project. She attended the Carmel High School, Carmel, Indiana, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #7, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nicolesegaran is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nicolesegaran is 2.05 au from the Sun and 1.42 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17048 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 FD34 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 3.72 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.99 |
| Orbital period | 3.22 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.82 – 2.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.166 |
| Inclination | 1.32° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.810 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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