(29858) Tlomak Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 March 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Dominique Helen Tlomak (b. 1996) was awarded second place in the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her medicine and health sciences project. She attends the University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tlomak is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tlomak is 2.73 au from the Sun and 3.53 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 29858 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 FC31 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.54 km (#9,662 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.209 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.05 |
| Orbital period | 4.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.70 – 2.89 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0330 |
| Inclination | 4.30° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.70 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Dominique
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