(34193) Annakoonce Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 24 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Anna Colleen Koonce (b. 2000) was awarded second place in the 2017 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her plant sciences project. She attends the St. Joseph's Academy, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Annakoonce is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Annakoonce is 3.01 au from the Sun and 2.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number34193
Provisional designation2000 QT52
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter7.22 km (#7,393 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0780
Absolute magnitude (H)14.86
Orbital period5.20 years
Semi-major axis3.00 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.97 – 3.04 au
Eccentricity0.0116
Inclination5.44°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.99 au

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

Also named after someone called Anna

Also discovered on 24 August 2000

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