(34892) Evapalisa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 November 2001 by Debehogne, H., Elst, E. W. at Uccle.
At a recent Uccle “Open Door Day” the observatory received a visit from Eva Palisa (b. 1942), great-grand-niece of Johann Palisa, the leading visual discoverer of minor planets. Widely traveled, she has been a trilingual secretary in Europe and an “amateur all-round naturalist”. She spent 15 years in the West African bush.Naming citation (20091202/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Evapalisa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Evapalisa is 2.31 au from the Sun and 2.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34892 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 VW88 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.26 km (#14,585 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.317 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.62 |
| Orbital period | 4.12 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.85 – 3.29 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.282 |
| Inclination | 5.18° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.850 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.