(34325) Terrencevale Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 29 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Terrence Vale mentored a finalist in the 2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Broad Run High School, Ashburn, Virginia.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-10-26), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Terrencevale is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Terrencevale is 2.68 au from the Sun and 3.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number34325
Provisional designation2000 QN201
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.61
Orbital period4.58 years
Semi-major axis2.76 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.54 – 2.98 au
Eccentricity0.0797
Inclination7.25°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.53 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Terrence

Also discovered on 29 August 2000

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