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17601 Sheldonschafer (provisional designation: 1995 SS) is an inner main-belt minor planet. It was discovered by Timothy B. Spahr through the Catalina Sky Survey on September 19 1995. It is named after Sheldon Schafer Vice President of the Lakeview Museum in Peoria Illinois director of the museum’s planetarium since 1978 and a professor of astronomy at Bradley University.