(17015) Shriyareddy Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 12 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Shriya Gampala Reddy (b. 2003) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2019 Intel ISEF for her biomedical and health sciences project. She also received the Craig R. Barrett Award for Innovation. She attended the Northville High School, Northville, Michigan, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #6, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Shriyareddy is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shriyareddy is 2.11 au from the Sun and 1.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number17015
Provisional designation1999 CN117
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.86 km (#13,078 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.326
Absolute magnitude (H)14.41
Orbital period3.30 years
Semi-major axis2.22 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.97 – 2.46 au
Eccentricity0.110
Inclination3.58°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.961 au

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

Also discovered on 12 February 1999

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