(34497) Fionnferreira Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Fionn Miguel Eckardt Ferreira (b. 2000) was awarded second place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his chemistry project. He attended the Schull Community College, Schull, Cork, Ireland.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #15, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fionnferreira is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fionnferreira is 2.57 au from the Sun and 2.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34497 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 SJ147 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.95 |
| Orbital period | 4.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.71 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.42 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.106 |
| Inclination | 0.331° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.40 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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