(34252) Orlovsky Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 24 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Natalia Orlovsky (b. 2000) is a finalist in the 2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her cellular and molecular biology project. She attends the Garnet Valley High School, Glen Mills, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Orlovsky is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Orlovsky is 2.20 au from the Sun and 2.73 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number34252
Provisional designation2000 QE113
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.78
Orbital period3.84 years
Semi-major axis2.45 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.09 – 2.81 au
Eccentricity0.145
Inclination2.20°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.09 au

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

Also named after someone called Natalia

Also discovered on 24 August 2000

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