(17280) Shelly Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 June 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Frank C. Shelly (b. 1960) has been a developer of software for moving objects and was worked as the LINEAR site operations coordinator in Socorro, New Mexico.Naming citation (20050721/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Shelly is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shelly is 2.06 au from the Sun and 1.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17280 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 LK28 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.15 |
| Orbital period | 3.20 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.74 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.201 |
| Inclination | 2.56° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.724 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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