(17251) Vondracek Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Mark Vondracek for mentoring a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Vondracek is a teacher at the Evanston Township High School, Evanston, Illinois.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vondracek is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vondracek is 2.61 au from the Sun and 2.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17251 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GA127 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.20 km (#10,235 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.237 |
| Rotation period | 3.78 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.05 |
| Orbital period | 3.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.90 – 2.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.169 |
| Inclination | 7.09° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.890 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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