(17047) Tateschrock Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 March 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Tate Schrock (b. 2004) was awarded second place in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his engineering mechanics project. He attended the Arickaree School, Anton, Colorado, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #7, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tateschrock is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tateschrock is 2.81 au from the Sun and 2.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17047 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 FP33 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.86 km (#9,140 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.205 |
| Rotation period | 17.6 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.84 |
| Orbital period | 5.18 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.99 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.74 – 3.25 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0866 |
| Inclination | 11.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.73 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 19 March 1999
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- (11206) Bibee
- (11409) Horkheimer
- (15499) Cloyd
- (15500) Anantpatel
- (17030) Sierks
- (17039) Yeuseyenka
- (17040) Almeida
- (17041) Castagna
- (17042) Madiraju
- (17043) Santucci
- (17044) Mubdirahman