(17231) Rohanwagh Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Rohan Mahesh Wagh (b. 2002) was a finalist in the 2020 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his engineering project. He attended the Sunset High School, Portland, Oregon.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #10, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rohanwagh is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rohanwagh is 3.41 au from the Sun and 3.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17231 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CB122 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.81 km (#5,218 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0550 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.95 |
| Orbital period | 5.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.13 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.63 – 3.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.158 |
| Inclination | 1.80° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.62 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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