(34241) Skylerjones Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Skyler Chloe Jones (b. 2000) is a finalist in the 2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her chemistry project. She attends the Ossining High School, Ossining, New York.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Skylerjones is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Skylerjones is 2.51 au from the Sun and 2.79 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34241 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QZ98 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.97 km (#8,969 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0940 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.5 |
| Orbital period | 5.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.06 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.50 – 3.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.181 |
| Inclination | 5.54° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.49 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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