(34000) Martinmatl Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 July 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Martin Matl (b. 1999) was awarded second place in the 2017 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his plant sciences project. He attends the Gymnazium Brno, Trida Kapitana Jarose, Brno, Czech Republic.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Martinmatl is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Martinmatl is 3.01 au from the Sun and 3.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34000 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 OL4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.50 km (#11,623 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.219 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.49 |
| Orbital period | 4.07 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.55 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.183 |
| Inclination | 5.12° |
| 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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