- 17801 Zelkowitz
Infobox Planet
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name = Zelkowitz
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discovery = yes
discovery_ref =
discoverer =Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team
discovery_site =Socorro
discovered =March 20 ,1998
designations = yes
mp_name = 17801
alt_names = 1998 FH69
mp_category =
orbit_ref =
epoch =May 14 ,2008
aphelion = 3.4664867
perihelion = 2.7741735
semimajor =
eccentricity = 0.1109359
period = 2013.2570741
avg_speed =
inclination = 0.81936
asc_node = 47.44704
mean_anomaly = 302.97226
arg_peri = 146.77357
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physical_characteristics = yes
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abs_magnitude = 14.417801 Zelkowitz (1998 FH69) is a
Main-belt Asteroid discovered onMarch 20 ,1998 by theLincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team atSocorro .Named after Rachel Lauren Zelkowitz (b. 1985), who was awarded second place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her botany project. Zelkowitz is currently an undergraduate senior at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
External links
* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=17801+Zelkowitz JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 17801 Zelkowitz]
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