(34689) Flewelling Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 March 2001 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Heather Flewelling (b. 1979) is an ATLAS Planetary Defense Researcher at the University of Hawai'i (Manoa). Her work includes development of robotic telescopes and data pipelines, studying transient objects, and outreach activities.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Flewelling is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Flewelling is 3.05 au from the Sun and 4.03 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34689 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 FY147 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.27 km (#7,334 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0590 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.66 |
| Orbital period | 4.23 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.61 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 3.29 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.257 |
| Inclination | 13.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.935 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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