(34235) Ellafeiner Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 28 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Ella Feiner (b. 1999) is a finalist in the 2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her cellular and molecular biology project. She attends the Horace Mann School, Bronx, New York.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Ellafeiner is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ellafeiner is 2.57 au from the Sun and 1.60 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number34235
Provisional designation2000 QZ95
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.66 km (#13,552 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.191
Absolute magnitude (H)14.65
Orbital period3.69 years
Semi-major axis2.39 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.05 – 2.73 au
Eccentricity0.143
Inclination2.91°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.06 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Ella

Also discovered on 28 August 2000

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