(35364) Donaldpray Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 October 1997 by P. Pravec at Ondrejov.
Donald Pray (b. 1949), of Carbuncle Hill Observatory, Rhode Island, is a highly productive member of the amateur community, making photometric observations of minor planets. He has helped confirm the binary nature of several minor planets and contributed to the statistical pool of spin rates.Naming citation (20050407/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Donaldpray is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Donaldpray is 2.42 au from the Sun and 3.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 35364 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 UT |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 5.48 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.25 |
| Orbital period | 3.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 2.42 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0774 |
| Inclination | 6.26° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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