(17268) Yasonik Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jake Yasonik (b. 2001) was a finalist in the 2020 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his computational biology and bioinformatics project. He attended the Homestead High School, Mequon, Wisconsin.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #10, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yasonik is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yasonik is 3.06 au from the Sun and 3.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17268 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 KZ50 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.74 km (#11,149 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.314 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.74 |
| Orbital period | 4.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.53 – 3.06 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0943 |
| Inclination | 2.81° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.52 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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