(34527) Fransanmartins Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Francisca Santos Martins (b. 1999) was awarded second place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her microbiology team project. She attended the Colegio Luso-Frances, Porto, Portugal.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #15, 12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fransanmartins is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fransanmartins is 2.64 au from the Sun and 1.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34527 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 SQ208 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.99 km (#17,043 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.308 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.46 |
| Orbital period | 3.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.128 |
| Inclination | 1.93° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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