(17074) Shreshth Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 April 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Shreshth Srivastava (b. 2002) was awarded first place in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his robotics and intelligent machines team project. He attended the duPont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #6, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shreshth is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shreshth is 2.71 au from the Sun and 1.85 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17074 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 GQ36 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 33.4 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.02 |
| Orbital period | 4.13 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.130 |
| Inclination | 15.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.27 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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