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17305 Caniff is a main belt asteroid that was discovered on September 24 1960 by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld.It has an eccentricity of 0.136 and an orbital period of 2921.4 days (8.00 years). Caniff has an average orbital velocity of 14.891 km/s and an inclination of 6.686°.This asteroid is named after Milton Caniff a U.S. cartoonist.