(34584) Martintowner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 September 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Martin Towner (b. 1968) is an Australian planetary scientist currently at Curtin University. His mission involvement with Cassini/Huygens and the Beagle 2 lander saw instrumentation he developed on the surface of Saturn and Mars. He co-founded the Australian Desert Fireball Network.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 34), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Martintowner is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Martintowner is 2.91 au from the Sun and 2.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34584 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 SX351 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.18 km (#12,311 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.254 |
| Rotation period | 10.6 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.48 |
| Orbital period | 4.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.69 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.36 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.124 |
| Inclination | 14.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.37 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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