(34294) Taylordufford Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Taylor Dufford mentored a finalist in the 2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village, Colorado.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-09-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Taylordufford is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Taylordufford is 2.37 au from the Sun and 2.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34294 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QM152 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.41 km (#9,875 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.138 |
| Rotation period | 3.25 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.96 |
| Orbital period | 4.14 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.33 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0978 |
| Inclination | 7.76° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.33 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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