(34316) Christineleo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Christine Leo mentored a finalist in the 2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Horace Mann School, Bronx, New York.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-10-26), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Christineleo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Christineleo is 2.58 au from the Sun and 1.87 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34316 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QS190 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.52 km (#16,226 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.402 |
| Rotation period | 12.6 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.16 |
| Orbital period | 3.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.135 |
| Inclination | 6.44° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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