(54439) Topeka Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 June 2000 by G. Hug at Eskridge.
The capital city of Kansas, Topeka is home of the Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, the Menninger Foundation and Washburn University, the only municipally owned university in the United States. Topeka has an excellent zoo, an elaborate library and the wonderful Topeka Symphony Orchestra.Naming citation (20030501/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Topeka is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Topeka is 2.82 au from the Sun and 3.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 54439 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 MG3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 7.38 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.63 |
| Orbital period | 4.05 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.189 |
| Inclination | 16.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.