(34739) Maryalice Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 August 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Mary Alice Fitzpatrick Jouve (b. 2001) was awarded second place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her physics and astronomy project. She attended the McGill-Toolen Catholic High School, Mobile, Alabama, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #13, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Maryalice is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Maryalice is 3.64 au from the Sun and 4.43 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34739 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 QO75 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 11.3 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.32 |
| Orbital period | 5.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.14 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.57 – 3.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.184 |
| Inclination | 0.559° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.58 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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