(34441) Thomaslee Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Thomas Lee mentored a finalist in the 2018 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students. He teaches at the Altamont Elementary School, Mountain House, California.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #12, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Thomaslee is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Thomaslee is 3.05 au from the Sun and 4.03 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34441 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 SZ60 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.74 km (#7,949 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0680 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.59 |
| Orbital period | 5.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.72 – 3.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.144 |
| Inclination | 5.22° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.70 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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