(34453) Elisapeters Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Elisa Peters mentored a finalist in the 2018 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students. She teaches at the Terman Middle School, Palo Alto, California.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #12, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Elisapeters is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Elisapeters is 2.81 au from the Sun and 3.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34453 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 SG84 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.14 km (#14,861 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.149 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.9 |
| Orbital period | 4.92 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.89 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.75 – 3.04 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0514 |
| Inclination | 2.41° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.76 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Elisa
All asteroids named after someone called Elisa
Also discovered on 24 September 2000
- (19023) Varela
- (19025) Arthurpetron
- (19029) Briede
- (19808) Elainemccall
- (19809) Nancyowen
- (19810) Partridge
- (19811) Kimperkins
- (19813) Ericsands
- (19815) Marshasega
- (19816) Wayneseyfert
- (19817) Larashelton
- (19818) Shotwell