(34083) Feretova Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Miriam Feretova (b. 1999) was awarded second place in the 2017 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her animal sciences team project. She attends the Grammar School of St. Nicholas, Presov, Presovsky, Slovakia.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Feretova is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Feretova is 2.79 au from the Sun and 3.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34083 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 PE4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.70 km (#15,851 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.242 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.5 |
| Orbital period | 4.06 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.186 |
| Inclination | 6.38° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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