(17208) Pokrovska Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Tzveta Dmitrieva Pokrovska (b. 1985) was awarded fourth place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her microbiology project. She attends the Holland Park School, London, United Kingdom.Naming citation (20040614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pokrovska is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pokrovska is 2.77 au from the Sun and 2.87 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17208 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AH130 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.14 km (#14,845 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.209 |
| Rotation period | 5.42 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.63 |
| Orbital period | 4.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.73 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.63 – 2.84 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0374 |
| Inclination | 5.63° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.63 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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