(34482) Jessikirchner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jessica Kirchner (b. 1999) was awarded second place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her plant sciences team project. She attended the Berufskolleg Rheine, Rheine, Germany.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #14, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jessikirchner is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jessikirchner is 3.18 au from the Sun and 3.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34482 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 SX122 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.54 km (#7,062 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0710 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.57 |
| Orbital period | 5.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.90 – 3.39 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0767 |
| Inclination | 3.85° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.90 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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