(34089) Smoter Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Samuel Smoter (b. 1999) was awarded second place in the 2017 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his animal sciences team project. He attends the Grammar School of St. Nicholas, Presov, Presovsky, Slovakia.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Smoter is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Smoter is 2.41 au from the Sun and 3.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34089 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 PL7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.10 km (#14,976 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.153 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.09 |
| Orbital period | 4.03 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.53 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.27 – 2.80 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.105 |
| Inclination | 2.31° |
| 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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