(17218) Stgeorge Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Katherine St. George (b. 2002) was a finalist in the 2020 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her animal sciences project. She attended the John F. Kennedy High School, Bellmore, New York.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #5, 4), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Stgeorge is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stgeorge is 2.37 au from the Sun and 3.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17218 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 BV16 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.63 km (#6,037 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0650 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.14 |
| Orbital period | 4.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.62 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.30 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.125 |
| Inclination | 3.21° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.30 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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