(34240) Charleyhutch Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Charley Hutchison (b. 2000) is a finalist in the 2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his chemistry project. He attends the St. Andrew's Episcopal School, Ridgeland, Mississippi.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Charleyhutch is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Charleyhutch is 2.82 au from the Sun and 1.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34240 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QP98 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.01 km (#12,723 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.230 |
| Rotation period | 15.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.33 |
| Orbital period | 5.11 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.97 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.70 – 3.24 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0904 |
| Inclination | 9.94° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.70 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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