(17224) Randoross Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Randolph Ross for mentoring a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Ross is a teacher at the Great Neck South High School, Great Neck, New York.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Randoross is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Randoross is 2.50 au from the Sun and 2.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17224 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CP58 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.50 km (#11,634 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.133 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.46 |
| Orbital period | 3.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.131 |
| Inclination | 10.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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