(34289) Johndell Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
John Dell mentored a finalist in the 2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Virginia.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-09-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Johndell is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Johndell is 2.61 au from the Sun and 3.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34289 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QC150 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.42 km (#14,179 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.182 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.87 |
| Orbital period | 4.06 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.55 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.31 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0944 |
| Inclination | 2.06° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.32 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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