(34333) Roycorgross Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Roy Corrado Gross (b. 2004) was a finalist in the 2018 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for his electrical and mechanical engineering project. He attended the Terman Middle School, Palo Alto, California.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #5, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Roycorgross is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Roycorgross is 2.85 au from the Sun and 2.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34333 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QG211 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.77 |
| Orbital period | 5.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.04 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.69 – 3.39 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.115 |
| Inclination | 1.02° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.69 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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