(34646) Niaclements Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 21 November 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Nia Myfanwy Clements (b. 2000) was awarded first place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her biomedical and health sciences project. She attended the Keystone School, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #12, 13), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Niaclements is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Niaclements is 2.92 au from the Sun and 3.38 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number34646
Provisional designation2000 WT95
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter6.63 km (#8,083 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0430
Absolute magnitude (H)15.09
Orbital period4.66 years
Semi-major axis2.79 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.64 – 2.94 au
Eccentricity0.0540
Inclination0.433°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.65 au

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

Also discovered on 21 November 2000

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