(17262) Winokur Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Named in honor of Bruce Winokur for mentoring two finalists in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Winokur is a teacher at the Stuyvesant High School, New York, New York.Naming citation (20020227/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Winokur is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Winokur is 2.06 au from the Sun and 1.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17262 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JS62 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.70 km (#15,847 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.461 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.71 |
| Orbital period | 3.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.110 |
| Inclination | 5.81° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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