(34281) Albritton Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Daniel Albritton mentored a finalist in the 2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Fairview High School, Boulder, Colorado.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-09-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Albritton is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Albritton is 2.77 au from the Sun and 3.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34281 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QR141 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.90 km (#7,764 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0530 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.59 |
| Orbital period | 4.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.39 – 3.21 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.146 |
| Inclination | 5.79° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.41 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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