(34409) Venturini Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 September 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Julia Venturini (b. 1988) is an Uruguayan astrophysicist currently working in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. She specializes in the development of models for planet formation that include aspects of internal planetary structure and planetary migration.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 34), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Venturini is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Venturini is 2.79 au from the Sun and 2.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34409 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 RB95 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.16 km (#10,339 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.167 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.26 |
| Orbital period | 5.11 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.97 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.79 – 3.15 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0610 |
| Inclination | 9.65° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.80 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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