(34708) Grasset Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 July 2001 by NEAT at Palomar.
Olivier Grasset (b. 1968) is a planetary scientist and professor at the University of Nantes' Laboratory of Planetology and Geodynamics. He specializes in the internal structures of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn and is actively involved in defining future missions to the outer solar system.Naming citation (20120207/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Grasset is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Grasset is 2.99 au from the Sun and 3.68 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34708 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 OG95 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.75 km (#11,129 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.335 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.6 |
| Orbital period | 3.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.85 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.236 |
| Inclination | 22.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.924 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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