(34249) Leolo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Chiu Fan Bowen Lo (b. 1999) is a finalist in the 2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his physics project. He attends the Jericho Senior High School, Jericho, New York.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Leolo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Leolo is 2.74 au from the Sun and 3.31 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34249 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QY108 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.06 |
| Orbital period | 4.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.72 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.35 – 3.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.135 |
| Inclination | 5.04° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.36 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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