(34677) Hunterwilliams Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 December 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Hunter Williams (b. 1987) is an American engineer and Technology Development Manager at Honeybee Robotics (Altadena, California). He is a leader in space resource utilization technology development including a range of drilling, sampling, and solar array projects that can operate on the moon, asteroids, and Mars.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 35), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hunterwilliams is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hunterwilliams is 2.84 au from the Sun and 1.94 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34677 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 YB135 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.80 km (#9,227 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.110 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.93 |
| Orbital period | 5.34 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.05 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.65 – 3.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.132 |
| Inclination | 13.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.63 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.