(17091) Senthalir Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 10 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Senthalir P (b. 1986) was awarded fourth place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her botany team project. She attends the Avila Convent Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.Naming citation (20040614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Senthalir is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Senthalir is 3.14 au from the Sun and 4.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number17091
Provisional designation1999 JM21
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.62 km (#9,540 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0930
Rotation period680 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.13
Orbital period4.63 years
Semi-major axis2.78 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.42 – 3.14 au
Eccentricity0.129
Inclination1.89°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.42 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 10 May 1999

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