(34919) Imelda Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Imelda Gentile is a cousin of Heidelberg astronomer J. Schubart.Naming citation (20040928/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Imelda is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Imelda is 4.08 au from the Sun and 4.94 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34919 |
| Provisional designation | 4710 P-L |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.70 km (#6,878 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0680 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.1 |
| Orbital period | 7.91 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.97 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.06 – 4.88 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.230 |
| Inclination | 6.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 24 September 1960
- (1743) Schmidt
- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1846) Bengt
- (1868) Thersites