(34069) Andrewsteele Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 July 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Andrew Steele (b. 1966) is a British planetary scientist and astrobiologist who studies the chemical origins of carbon and organics in comets, asteroids, cosmic dust, and planetary materials. He works at the Carnegie Institute for Science and serves on multiple spaceflight missions.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 33), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Andrewsteele is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Andrewsteele is 3.18 au from the Sun and 4.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34069 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 OZ56 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.33 km (#6,279 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0840 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.11 |
| Orbital period | 5.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.96 – 3.37 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0640 |
| Inclination | 8.54° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.99 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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