(34038) Abualragheb Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 July 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Bayan Osama Abu Alragheb (b. 2000) was awarded second place in the 2017 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her chemistry team project. She attends the Al-Hasaad Al-Tarbawi School, Amman, Jordan.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Abualragheb is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Abualragheb is 2.23 au from the Sun and 2.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34038 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 OA28 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.96 km (#17,067 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.219 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.54 |
| Orbital period | 3.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.53 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.105 |
| Inclination | 4.52° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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