Discovered by LINEAR MPC designation 17795 Elysiasegal Minor planet category main-belt · (inner) Absolute magnitude 14.6 Discovery site Experimental Test Site | Discovery date 20 March 1998 Alternative names 1998 FJ61 · 1999 NL14 Discovered 20 March 1998 Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Named after Elysia Segal
(Intel ISEF Finalist) Discoverer Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research | ||
17795 Elysiasegal, provisional designation 1998 FJ61, is an asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 20 March 1998, by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research team (LINEAR) at the U.S. Lincoln Laboratory Experimental Test Site in Socorro, New Mexico.
The asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.0–2.8 AU once every 3 years and 8 months (1,352 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.17 and an inclination of 2° with respect to the ecliptic. The first precovery was taken by the Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking programm in 1996, extending the asteroid's observation arc by 2 years prior to its official discovery observation. Little is known about the asteroids size, composition, albedo and rotation. Based on its absolute magnitude of 14.5, its diameter is likely to be between 3 and 7 kilometers, assuming an albedo in the range of 0.05 to 0.25.
It was named for Elysia Segal (b. 1985), American actress and first-place winner at the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, for her research analyzing the use of proteoglycans as a potential biomarker for congenital hydrocephalus. Naming citation was published on 14 June 2004 (M.P.C. 52173).