(17075) Pankonin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 April 1999 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Vernon Pankonin (b. 1946), program director for planetary astronomy at the National Science Foundation, is a radio astronomer by training.Naming citation (20050721/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pankonin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pankonin is 2.71 au from the Sun and 3.70 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17075 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 GF49 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.17 km (#14,792 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.309 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.4 |
| Orbital period | 3.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.86 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.186 |
| Inclination | 6.32° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.857 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.