(34266) Schweinfurth Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Raley Schweinfurth (b. 1999) is a finalist in the 2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her environmental science project. She attends the Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Schweinfurth is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Schweinfurth is 2.27 au from the Sun and 2.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34266 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QF125 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.17 |
| Orbital period | 3.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.26 – 2.35 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0190 |
| Inclination | 9.82° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.28 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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