(534299) Parazynski Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 May 2006 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Scott Parazynski (b. 1961) served in the NASA astronaut corps from 1992 to 2009, completing five space shuttle missions and seven spacewalks. A physician and prolific inventor, he has explored space and extreme environments on Earth from the depths of the ocean, to “level zero” of an active volcano, to the summit of Mt. Everest.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #12, 20), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Parazynski is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Parazynski is 2.77 au from the Sun and 2.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 534299 |
| Provisional designation | 2014 SP311 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.39 km (#17,378 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.101 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.63 |
| Orbital period | 3.74 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.88 – 2.94 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.219 |
| Inclination | 11.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.894 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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