(34128) Hannahbrown Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 24 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Hannah Louise Brown (b. 1998) was awarded second place in the 2017 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her behavioral and social sciences project. She attends the Dobbs Ferry High School, Dobbs Ferry, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Hannahbrown is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hannahbrown is 2.77 au from the Sun and 2.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number34128
Provisional designation2000 QO2
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.10 km (#10,431 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.187
Absolute magnitude (H)14.24
Orbital period5.20 years
Semi-major axis3.00 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.71 – 3.29 au
Eccentricity0.0970
Inclination9.32°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.70 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Hannah

Also discovered on 24 August 2000

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