(17903) Shamieh Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 March 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Lara Shamieh mentored a finalist in the 2020 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Jesuit High School, Portland, Oregon.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #11, 12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shamieh is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shamieh is 2.90 au from the Sun and 3.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17903 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 FS27 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.42 km (#9,852 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.199 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.99 |
| Orbital period | 4.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.75 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.49 – 3.01 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0954 |
| Inclination | 4.53° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.48 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Lara
All asteroids named after someone called Lara
Also discovered on 19 March 1999
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- (11206) Bibee
- (11409) Horkheimer
- (15499) Cloyd
- (15500) Anantpatel
- (17030) Sierks
- (17039) Yeuseyenka
- (17040) Almeida
- (17041) Castagna
- (17042) Madiraju
- (17043) Santucci
- (17044) Mubdirahman