(17698) Racheldavis Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 March 1997 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Rachel Michelle Davis (b. 1993) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for her materials science project. She attends the Smithtown High School East, St. James, New York.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Racheldavis is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Racheldavis is 2.98 au from the Sun and 3.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17698 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 EW42 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.7 km (#4,208 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0620 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.35 |
| Orbital period | 5.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.94 – 3.29 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0555 |
| Inclination | 11.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.93 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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