17768 Tigerlily
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17768 Tigerlily is a main belt asteroid with an eccentricity of 0.0852897 and an orbital period of 1893.04 days (5.19 years). It has an orbital velocity average of 17.2108813 km −1 and a tilt of 8.86306°.
The asteroid was discovered on March 3, 1998 by Takeshi Urata
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The asteroid was discovered on March 3, 1998 by Takeshi Urata
Takeshi Urata
is a Japanese astronomer. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids, observing at Nihondaira Observatory.In 1978 he became the first amateur to discover a minor planet in over fifty years. He named it after it his daughter, Mizuho. His pioneering feat led to an upsurge in such discoveries. In the...
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