(34552) Belousova Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Irina Konstantinovna Belousova (b. 2000) was awarded second place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her chemistry 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 Belousova is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Belousova is 3.37 au from the Sun and 3.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34552 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 SV242 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.61 km (#6,061 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0240 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.67 |
| Orbital period | 5.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.10 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.82 – 3.38 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0900 |
| Inclination | 1.83° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.84 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Irina
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Also discovered on 24 September 2000
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