(35352) Texas Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 August 1997 by Dillon, W. G., Pepper, R. at Needville.
The largest state in the continental U.S., Texas is well known for its proud and independent people, the Alamo, oil wealth, cowboys and cattle, April wildflowers and NASA's Johnson Space Center.Naming citation (20060613/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Texas is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Texas is 2.02 au from the Sun and 1.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 35352 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 PD2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 2.54 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.63 |
| Orbital period | 3.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.78 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.241 |
| Inclination | 1.58° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.766 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.