(17031) Piethut Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 March 1999 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Piet Hut (b. 1952) is a professor of astrophysics at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N.J. He has researched the dynamics of star clusters and comet clouds. Hut is a cofounder of the B612 Foundation, whose goal is to produce a significant alteration in the orbit of a minor planet in a controlled manner.Naming citation (20041126/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Piethut is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Piethut is 2.25 au from the Sun and 1.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17031 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 FL9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.58 km (#11,466 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.279 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.05 |
| Orbital period | 3.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 2.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.118 |
| Inclination | 7.90° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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