17744 Jodiefoster
17744 Jodiefoster (1998 BZ31) is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on January 18, 1998 by the OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey at Caussols. It is named after the actress Jodie Foster. The original citation from Minor Planet Circular 46683 reads :
(17744) Jodiefoster = 1998 BZ31 Jodie Foster (b. 1962) is an accomplished actress and film director. For most astronomers she will always be Eleanor "Ellie" Arroway in Robert Zemeckis' movie Contact, based on the novel by the same name written by the late Carl Sagan.
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(17743) 1998 BA31•17744 Jodiefoster• (17745) 1998 BG34
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