(34351) Decatur Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 September 2000 by L. Ball at Emerald Lane.
Decatur, Alabama, is on the south bank of the Tennessee river, approximately 25 km west of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. Emerald Lane Observatory is located in Decatur.Naming citation (20020427/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Decatur is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Decatur is 2.74 au from the Sun and 2.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34351 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 RZ8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.54 km (#13,867 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.224 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.86 |
| Orbital period | 5.05 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.94 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.74 – 3.15 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0699 |
| Inclination | 1.30° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.75 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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