(34854) Paquifrutos Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 13 October 2001 by R. Ferrando at Pla D'Arguines.

Paqui Frutos Frutos (b. 1969) is the wife of the discoverer.Naming citation (20020427/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Paquifrutos is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Paquifrutos is 3.65 au from the Sun and 4.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number34854
Provisional designation2001 TP17
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter6.51 km (#8,240 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.240
Rotation period40.6 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)13.29
Orbital period5.57 years
Semi-major axis3.14 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.51 – 3.77 au
Eccentricity0.201
Inclination16.3°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.54 au

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

Also discovered on 13 October 2001

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