(17222) Perlmutter Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Frances Perlmutter for mentoring a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Perlmutter is a teacher at the Horace Mann School, Bronx, New York.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Perlmutter is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Perlmutter is 3.00 au from the Sun and 2.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17222 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CU44 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.21 |
| Orbital period | 4.08 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.55 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 3.06 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.198 |
| Inclination | 3.98° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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