(34367) Kennedyrogers Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 3 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Kennedy Sophia Rogers (b. 2005) was a finalist in the 2018 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students, for her physics project. She attended the Chapel Hill Middle School, Douglasville, Georgia.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #7, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Kennedyrogers is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kennedyrogers is 3.06 au from the Sun and 2.82 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number34367
Provisional designation2000 RQ40
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.76
Orbital period4.16 years
Semi-major axis2.59 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.08 – 3.09 au
Eccentricity0.196
Inclination8.22°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.06 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 3 September 2000

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