17959 Camierickson

17959 Camierickson
Name
Name Camierickson
Designation 1999 JZ33
Discovery
Discoverer LINEAR
Discovery date May 10, 1999
Discovery site Socorro, New Mexico
Orbital elements
Epoch October 27, 2007 (JDCT 2454400.5)
Eccentricity (e) 0.1214088
Semimajor axis (a) 2.7379568 AU
Perihelion (q) 2.4055448 AU
Aphelion (Q) 3.0703688 AU
Orbital period (P) 4.53 a
Inclination (i) 3.83921°
Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) 297.75375°
Argument of Perihelion (ω) 36.43606°

17959 Camierickson is a main belt asteroid with a perihelion of 2.8584931 AU. It has an eccentricity of 0.1214088 and an orbital period of 1654.7725295 days (4.53 years).[1]

Cailletet has an average orbital speed of 17.99742607 km/s and a tilt of 3.83882°.

The asteroid was discovered on May 10, 1999 by LINEAR.

This asteroid is named after Camille Sara Myerchin Erickson who won fourth place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.[1]

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