(34680) Anahumphrey Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 20 January 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Ana Luisa Tio Humphrey (b. 2000) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her physics and astronomy project. She attended the T. C. Williams High School, Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #13, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Anahumphrey is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Anahumphrey is 2.80 au from the Sun and 2.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number34680
Provisional designation2001 BR21
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.82 km (#9,191 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0750
Absolute magnitude (H)14.9
Orbital period4.58 years
Semi-major axis2.76 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.65 – 2.86 au
Eccentricity0.0380
Inclination4.94°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.65 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Ana

Also discovered on 20 January 2001

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