(34405) Caitlinshearer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 September 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Caitlin Shearer (b. 1993) is an American engineer at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory and has been the Project Manager for the DART mission since October 2022. She has expertise in materials science and has served as a materials engineer for instruments to fly on Europa Clipper and Dragonfly.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 33), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Caitlinshearer is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Caitlinshearer is 2.87 au from the Sun and 2.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34405 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 RU86 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.39 |
| Orbital period | 4.24 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.62 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.37 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0953 |
| Inclination | 8.21° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.38 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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