(34172) Camillemiles Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 24 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Camille Alden Miles (b. 1999) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2017 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her energy project. She also received the Intel Foundation Cultural and Scientific Visit to China Award. She attends the Niceville High School, Niceville, Florida, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Camillemiles is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Camillemiles is 2.40 au from the Sun and 1.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number34172
Provisional designation2000 QU37
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.97
Orbital period4.34 years
Semi-major axis2.66 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.26 – 3.06 au
Eccentricity0.151
Inclination2.20°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.24 au

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

Also named after someone called Camille

Also discovered on 24 August 2000

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