(34268) Gracetian Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Grace Tian (b. 2000) is a finalist in the 2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her mathematics project. She attends the Wellington School, Columbus, Ohio.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gracetian is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gracetian is 2.70 au from the Sun and 3.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34268 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QP128 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.84 km (#5,886 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0620 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.35 |
| Orbital period | 4.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.59 – 3.01 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0754 |
| Inclination | 5.94° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.58 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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