(34628) Samaboyea Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 October 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Samantha Boyea (b. 2000) was awarded second place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her robotics and intelligent machines project. She attended the Greenwich Junior-Senior High School, Greenwich, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #12, 12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Samaboyea is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Samaboyea is 3.10 au from the Sun and 2.62 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34628 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 UA99 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 6.90 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.97 |
| Orbital period | 5.12 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.97 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.82 – 3.12 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0512 |
| Inclination | 8.50° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.80 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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