(17253) VonSecker Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Claire VonSecker for mentoring a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. VonSecker is a teacher at the Walt Whitman High School, Bethesda, Maryland.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #8, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where VonSecker is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: VonSecker is 2.14 au from the Sun and 1.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17253 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GW136 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.93 km (#9,042 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.166 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.12 |
| Orbital period | 3.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.143 |
| Inclination | 8.50° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.000 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Claire
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