(17278) Viggh Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 June 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Herbert E. M. Viggh (b. 1963), of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory, was responsible for software development, computer systems and data analysis of the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) program, the world's most prolific discovery program for minor planets to date.Naming citation (20050721/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Viggh is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Viggh is 2.52 au from the Sun and 2.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17278 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 LK27 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.10 km (#14,949 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.319 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.14 |
| Orbital period | 3.82 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0830 |
| Inclination | 6.02° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.25 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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