(34800) Evanmeade Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 September 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Evan McKenna Meade (b. 1999) was awarded second place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his physics and astronomy project. He attended the Keystone School, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #13, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Evanmeade is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Evanmeade is 2.49 au from the Sun and 2.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34800 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 SD59 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.07 km (#12,576 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0970 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.59 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.160 |
| Inclination | 8.92° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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