(34130) Isabellaivy Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 24 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Isabella Ivy Bowland (b. 2000) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2017 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her plant sciences project. She attends the Fairview High School, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Isabellaivy is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Isabellaivy is 2.57 au from the Sun and 2.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number34130
Provisional designation2000 QW3
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.46 km (#16,340 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.351
Absolute magnitude (H)15.03
Orbital period3.54 years
Semi-major axis2.32 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.07 – 2.58 au
Eccentricity0.109
Inclination6.17°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.06 au

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

Also named after someone called Isabella

Also discovered on 24 August 2000

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