(34891) Elizabethpaige Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 November 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Elizabeth Paige Wamsley (b. 2001) was awarded second place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her animal sciences project. She attended the Timber Ridge Scholars Academy, Pacific, Missouri, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #1, 12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Elizabethpaige is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Elizabethpaige is 2.59 au from the Sun and 2.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34891 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 VR66 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.09 km (#16,942 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.308 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.32 |
| Orbital period | 3.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.132 |
| Inclination | 7.40° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.988 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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