(34551) Andrianova Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 24 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Anastasiia Andrianova (b. 2000) was awarded second place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her chemistry team project. She attended the Moscow South-Eastern School Named After V. I. Chuikov, Moscow, Russia.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #15, 12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Andrianova is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Andrianova is 2.49 au from the Sun and 1.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number34551
Provisional designation2000 SJ242
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.46 km (#14,085 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.282
Rotation period22.7 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.52
Orbital period4.27 years
Semi-major axis2.63 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.30 – 2.96 au
Eccentricity0.126
Inclination8.92°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.29 au

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

Also discovered on 24 September 2000

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