(34402) Seamusanderson Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 September 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Seamus Anderson (b. 1994) is an American planetary scientist currently at Curtin University. He has contributed to a wide variety of fields, from meteorite geochemistry, to asteroid mining processes, and most notably for pioneering automated meteorite search and recovery with drones.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 33), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Seamusanderson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Seamusanderson is 2.50 au from the Sun and 1.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34402 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 RW84 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.18 km (#8,676 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0530 |
| Rotation period | 71.8 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.06 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.130 |
| Inclination | 3.33° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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