(34258) Pentland Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Dylan Pentland (b. 1999) is a finalist in the 2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his mathematics project. He attends the Newman School, Boston, Massachusetts.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pentland is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pentland is 2.85 au from the Sun and 3.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34258 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QO119 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.46 |
| Orbital period | 4.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.76 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.51 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0922 |
| Inclination | 7.89° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.54 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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