(17106) Tidball Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Nathan Tidball (b. 2001) was awarded second place in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his materials science project. He attended the Wilsonville High School, Wilsonville, Oregon, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #7, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tidball is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tidball is 3.03 au from the Sun and 4.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17106 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 JT48 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.8 km (#3,785 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0360 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.96 |
| Orbital period | 4.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.79 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.52 – 3.05 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0942 |
| Inclination | 3.80° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.53 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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