(34444) Kellmcallister Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kelly McAllister mentored a finalist in the 2018 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students. She teaches at the Riverside Virtual School, Riverside, California.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #12, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kellmcallister is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kellmcallister is 2.52 au from the Sun and 1.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34444 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 SW73 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.47 km (#16,325 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.242 |
| Rotation period | 37.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.86 |
| Orbital period | 3.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.27 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0531 |
| Inclination | 6.89° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.26 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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