(34364) Katequinn Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kate Elise Quinn (b. 2006) was a finalist in the 2018 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students, for her microbiology and biochemistry project. She attended the Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic School, Louisville, Kentucky.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #7, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Katequinn is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Katequinn is 3.15 au from the Sun and 4.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34364 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 RZ30 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.69 km (#5,997 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0540 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.0 |
| Orbital period | 5.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.98 – 3.35 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0585 |
| Inclination | 7.95° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.97 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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