(34466) Ognicholls Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Oliver Grant Nicholls (b. 1999) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2018 Intel ISEF for his robotics and intelligent machines project. He also received the Gordon E. Moore Award. He attended the Barker College, Sydney, NSW, Australia.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #14, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ognicholls is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ognicholls is 3.10 au from the Sun and 2.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34466 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 SN105 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.68 km (#9,433 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.104 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.67 |
| Orbital period | 5.24 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.02 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.72 – 3.31 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0982 |
| Inclination | 2.26° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.71 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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