(17437) Stekene Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1989 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Stekene is a town in East-Flanders. Its church has a tower from the thirteenth century.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-11-04), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Stekene is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stekene is 3.15 au from the Sun and 3.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17437 |
| Provisional designation | 1989 SC4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 14.0 km (#3,398 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0750 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.08 |
| Orbital period | 5.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.02 – 3.31 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0459 |
| Inclination | 21.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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