(17923) Strother Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 April 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Nikol Strother mentored a finalist in the 2020 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Los Alamos High School, Los Alamos, New Mexico.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #11, 13), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Strother is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Strother is 2.54 au from the Sun and 2.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17923 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 GY16 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.57 km (#13,779 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.459 |
| Rotation period | 20.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.06 |
| Orbital period | 3.78 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.25 – 2.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0716 |
| Inclination | 6.99° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.27 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 15 April 1999
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- (17059) Elvis
- (17063) Papaloizou
- (17064) Ashnashah
- (17065) Shrilashah
- (17066) Ginagallant
- (17069) Adyantshankar
- (17070) Yanniksingh
- (17071) Spiride
- (17917) Cartan
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