(17217) Pollner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Alina Virginia Pollner (b. 2001) was a finalist in the 2020 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her plant sciences project. She attended the Canyon Crest Academy, San Diego, California.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #10, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pollner is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pollner is 2.88 au from the Sun and 3.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17217 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AR243 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.75 km (#13,335 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.263 |
| Rotation period | 8.07 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.5 |
| Orbital period | 4.15 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.17 – 3.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.160 |
| Inclination | 11.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.21 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Alina
All asteroids named after someone called Alina
Also discovered on 7 January 2000
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- (14702) Benclark
- (16197) Bluepeter
- (16198) Buzios
- (17210) Nadinemeister
- (17211) Brianfisher
- (17216) Scottstuart
- (18887) Yiliuchen
- (23135) Pheidas
- (24385) Katcagen
- (24386) McLindon
- (24387) Trettel