(17768) Tigerlily Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 March 1998 by T. Urata at Oohira.
In Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Alice comes upon a large flower-bed with a border of daisies and a willow-tree growing in the middle. The Tiger-lily tells Alice that all the flowers can talk as well as Alice—and a great deal louder.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #11, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tigerlily is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tigerlily is 3.03 au from the Sun and 2.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17768 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 EO8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.58 |
| Orbital period | 5.19 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.00 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.76 – 3.23 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0787 |
| Inclination | 8.88° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.79 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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