17031 Piethut
| Discovery and designation | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object Search at the Anderson Mesa Station |
| Discovery date | March 2, 1999 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 17031 |
| Named after | Piet Hut |
| Alternative names | 1999 FL9 |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.6732807 |
| Peri | 2.1135667 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1169275 |
| Orbital period | 1352.4704902 |
| Mean anomaly | 315.24410 |
| Inclination | 7.90196 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 156.88918 |
| Argument of peri | 233.42327 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.2 |
17031 Piethut (1999 FL9) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 2, 1999 by Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object Search at the Anderson Mesa Station. The asteroid is named for astrophysicist Piet Hut, a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
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