(17233) Stanshapiro Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Stan Shapiro for mentoring a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Shapiro is a teacher at the Midwood High School at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Stanshapiro is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stanshapiro is 2.62 au from the Sun and 3.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17233 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 DU58 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.01 km (#7,624 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0570 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.84 |
| Orbital period | 3.81 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.89 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.225 |
| Inclination | 9.26° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.895 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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