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Discovery[1]
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| Discovered by | Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research team |
| Discovery site | Socorro, New Mexico |
| Discovery date | May 10, 1999 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 17102 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1999 JB41 |
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Main belt [2] |
| Epoch November 30, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.547 AU |
| Peri | 1.8995 AU |
| Semi-major axis | 2.22324 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.145605 |
| Orbital period | 1210.81 days (3.32 years) |
| Mean anomaly | 161.181° |
| Inclination | 4.223° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 152.919° |
| Argument of peri | 238.24° |
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Physical characteristics
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| Rotation period | 5.341 ± 0.001 hours [4] |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.9 [5] |
17102 Begzhigitova (1999 JB41) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 10, 1999 by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research team at Socorro, New Mexico.[1] A rotation period of 5.341 hours was determined at Modra Observatory in 2008 however this is a very tentative result and longer rotation periods are not ruled out.[4] The asteroid was named for Akmaral Begzhigitova who won fourth place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her mathematics team project.[6]
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