(34365) Laurareilly Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 1 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Laura Maria Reilly (b. 2003) was a finalist in the 2018 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students, for her medicine and health sciences project. She attended the Saint Matthew Catholic School, San Antonio, Texas.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #7, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Laurareilly is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Laurareilly is 2.87 au from the Sun and 3.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number34365
Provisional designation2000 RS34
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.57
Orbital period4.10 years
Semi-major axis2.56 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.24 – 2.88 au
Eccentricity0.125
Inclination3.90°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.23 au

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

Also named after someone called Laura

Also discovered on 1 September 2000

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