(34652) Simoneevans Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 November 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Simone Alma Evans (b. 2000) was awarded second place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her plant sciences project. She attended the South River High School, Edgewater, Maryland, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #13, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Simoneevans is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Simoneevans is 2.49 au from the Sun and 3.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34652 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 WN136 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.62 km (#16,029 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.283 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.08 |
| Orbital period | 4.11 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.28 – 2.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.112 |
| Inclination | 5.56° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.27 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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