171434

171434 is a minor planet in the asteroid belt, orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. It was discovered on October 10, 1999, by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) project at the Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Site near Socorro, New Mexico. The asteroid is approximately 1.5 kilometers in diameter and has an orbital period of about 3.6 Earth years. Its orbit is moderately elliptical, with an eccentricity of 0.15 and an inclination of 10.5 degrees relative to the ecliptic plane. The asteroid's spectral type is S, indicating a stony composition. As of now, no moons have been discovered orbiting 171434. The asteroid's designation, 171434, is part of the Minor Planet Center's system for naming asteroids, which assigns a unique number to each discovered object.