(17241) Wooden Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 March 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Diane H. Wooden (b. 1958), of NASA Ames Research Center, has helped pioneer the use of thermal infrared spectroscopy to characterize the mineralogical composition of dust. This has resulted in the discovery of both crystalline and amorphous silicate features in comets.Naming citation (20050721/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wooden is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wooden is 2.28 au from the Sun and 2.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17241 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EM126 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.60 km (#9,577 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.107 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.82 |
| Orbital period | 4.19 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.60 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 3.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.188 |
| Inclination | 14.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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