(34830) Annaquinlan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 September 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Anna Quinlan (b. 2001) was awarded second place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her biomedical engineering project. She attended the Menlo-Atherton High School, Atherton, California, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #14, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Annaquinlan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Annaquinlan is 2.85 au from the Sun and 3.82 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34830 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 SQ227 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.35 km (#9,957 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0470 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.81 |
| Orbital period | 5.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.85 – 3.47 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0980 |
| Inclination | 7.13° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.85 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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