(34320) Davidmonge Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
David R. Monge mentored a finalist in the 2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Northwood High School, Irvine, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-10-26), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Davidmonge is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Davidmonge is 3.46 au from the Sun and 3.49 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34320 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QU195 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.53 km (#6,127 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0350 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.4 |
| Orbital period | 5.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.10 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.74 – 3.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.116 |
| Inclination | 5.42° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.76 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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