(17955) Sedransk Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kyra Lauren Sedransk (b. 1985) was awarded fourth place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her medicine and health project. She attends the Hathaway Brown School, Shaker Heights, Ohio, U.S.A.Naming citation (20040614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sedransk is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sedransk is 2.75 au from the Sun and 2.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17955 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 JZ22 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.07 |
| Orbital period | 4.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.66 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.52 – 2.80 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0527 |
| Inclination | 2.17° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.51 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Kyra
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Also discovered on 10 May 1999
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- (11228) Botnick
- (11229) Brookebowers
- (11230) Deschaffer
- (11231) Schiavo
- (11413) Catanach
- (11414) Allanchu
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