17258 Whalen | Discovered 2000 Apr. 29 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team at Socorro. |
Named in honor of Patrice Whalen for mentoring a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Whalen is a teacher at the Humanities and Sciences Institute, Phoenix, Arizona. |
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Reference: 20020227/MPCPages.arc | Last Updated: 2003-10-02 |
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