(34478) Jonasboukamp Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jonas Boukamp (b. 1999) was awarded second place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his plant sciences team project. He attended the Berufskolleg Rheine, Rheine, Germany.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #14, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jonasboukamp is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jonasboukamp is 2.87 au from the Sun and 3.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34478 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 SR120 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.23 km (#14,651 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.204 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.02 |
| Orbital period | 4.96 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.91 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.83 – 2.98 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0261 |
| Inclination | 3.41° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.84 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Jonas
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Also discovered on 24 September 2000
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