(17065) Shrilashah Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 April 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Shrila Tushar Shah (b. 2001) was awarded second place in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her biomedical and health sciences project. She attended the Yorktown High School, Yorktown Heights, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #7, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shrilashah is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shrilashah is 2.71 au from the Sun and 1.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17065 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 GK17 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.37 km (#7,236 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0820 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.4 |
| Orbital period | 3.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.162 |
| Inclination | 6.91° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.00 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 15 April 1999
- (16039) Zeglin
- (17059) Elvis
- (17063) Papaloizou
- (17064) Ashnashah
- (17066) Ginagallant
- (17069) Adyantshankar
- (17070) Yanniksingh
- (17071) Spiride
- (17917) Cartan
- (17921) Aldeobaldia
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