17305 Caniff

17305 Caniff
Name
Name Caniff
Designation 4652 P-L
Discovery
Discoverer C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld
Discovery date September 24, 1960
Discovery site
Orbital elements
Epoch October 27, 2007 (JDCT 2454400.5)
Eccentricity (e) 0.136
Semimajor axis (a) 3.999 AU
Perihelion (q) 3.456 AU
Aphelion (Q) 4.543 AU
Orbital period (P) 8.00 a
Inclination (i) 6.688°
Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) 349.193°
Argument of Perihelion (ω) 118.821°
Mean anomaly (M) 224.936°

17305 Caniff is a main belt asteroid that was discovered on September 24, 1960 by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld.

It has an eccentricity of 0.136 and an orbital period of 2921.4 days (8.00 years). Caniff has an average orbital velocity of 14.891 km/s and an inclination of 6.686°.[1]

This asteroid is named after Milton Caniff a U.S. cartoonist.[1]

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