(34319) Neilmilburn Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 29 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Neil Milburn mentored a finalist in the 2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Plano West Senior High School, Plano, Texas.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-10-26), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Neilmilburn is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Neilmilburn is 2.65 au from the Sun and 3.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number34319
Provisional designation2000 QD193
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter6.54 km (#8,200 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0430
Rotation period8.57 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.79
Orbital period5.41 years
Semi-major axis3.08 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.57 – 3.60 au
Eccentricity0.167
Inclination3.41°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.55 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Neil

Also discovered on 29 August 2000

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