(34283) Bagley Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Michelle Bagley mentored a finalist in the 2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Centennial High School, Ellicott City, Maryland.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-09-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bagley is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bagley is 2.49 au from the Sun and 1.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34283 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QM146 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.57 km (#16,137 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.322 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.88 |
| Orbital period | 3.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 2.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0677 |
| Inclination | 6.98° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.27 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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