(34760) Ciccone Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 August 2001 by W. K. Y. Yeung at Desert Eagle.
Madonna Louise Ciccone (b. 1958), known professionally as Madonna, is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She frequently reinvented both her music and image and was named as “Queen of Pop” in the 1980s. Her musical CD Evita has accompanied the discoverer on numerous blinking nights.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #7, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ciccone is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ciccone is 2.81 au from the Sun and 3.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34760 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 QR152 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.67 km (#9,464 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.115 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.53 |
| Orbital period | 4.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.78 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.52 – 3.03 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0917 |
| Inclination | 2.96° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.53 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.