(34250) Mamichael Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Michael Yuanchao Ma (b. 2000) is a finalist in the 2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his mathematics project. He attends the Plano West Senior High School, Plano, Texas.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mamichael is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mamichael is 2.21 au from the Sun and 3.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34250 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QA112 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.92 km (#12,933 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0790 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.93 |
| Orbital period | 3.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.101 |
| Inclination | 9.07° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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