(34236) Firester Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Benjamin J. Firester (b. 1999) is a finalist in the 2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his plant sciences project. He attends the Hunter College High School, New York, New York.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Firester is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Firester is 2.77 au from the Sun and 2.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34236 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QJ96 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.91 km (#9,073 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.153 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.14 |
| Orbital period | 4.90 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.89 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.77 – 3.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0408 |
| Inclination | 2.84° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.78 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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