(17245) Yixie Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Yi Xie (b. 2001) was a finalist in the 2020 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her genomics project. She attended the Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, New York.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #10, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yixie is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yixie is 2.53 au from the Sun and 3.53 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17245 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GS42 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.54 km (#6,121 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0590 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.17 |
| Orbital period | 3.78 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 2.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.128 |
| Inclination | 5.65° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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