(17071) Spiride Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 April 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Andrei Spiride (b. 2001) was awarded second place in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his biomedical engineering project. He attended the Plano East Senior High School, Plano, Texas, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #7, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Spiride is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Spiride is 2.49 au from the Sun and 2.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17071 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 GK21 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.28 km (#12,100 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.291 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.28 |
| Orbital period | 3.81 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.162 |
| Inclination | 4.31° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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