(34285) Dorothydady Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Dorothy Dady mentored a finalist in the 2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village, Colorado.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-09-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dorothydady is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dorothydady is 2.60 au from the Sun and 1.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34285 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QA147 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.45 km (#16,362 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.269 |
| Rotation period | 13.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.16 |
| Orbital period | 4.26 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.63 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.51 – 2.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0444 |
| Inclination | 2.51° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.53 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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