(34597) Sondy Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 October 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Alessondra “Sondy” Springmann (b. 1985) is an American planetary scientist with wide-ranging experience including radar, lightcurves, and spectroscopy of asteroids and comets, as well as meteorite geochemistry. She earned her doctorate from the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 35), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sondy is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sondy is 2.83 au from the Sun and 3.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34597 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 TO36 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.68 |
| Orbital period | 4.90 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.89 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.82 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0237 |
| Inclination | 3.33° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.82 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.