(34278) Justinxie Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Justin Long Xie (b. 2000) is a finalist in the 2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his space science project. He attends the Harker School, San Jose, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Justinxie is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Justinxie is 2.98 au from the Sun and 2.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34278 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QE139 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.35 |
| Orbital period | 5.01 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.93 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.64 – 3.22 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0999 |
| Inclination | 0.896° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.63 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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