(17258) Whalen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Patrice Whalen for mentoring a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Whalen is a teacher at the Humanities and Sciences Institute, Phoenix, Arizona.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Whalen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Whalen is 2.58 au from the Sun and 3.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17258 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HK90 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.72 |
| Orbital period | 3.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.84 – 2.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.184 |
| Inclination | 4.65° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.846 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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