(34280) Victoradler Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Victor Adler mentored a finalist in the 2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Harker School, San Jose, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-09-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Victoradler is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Victoradler is 2.46 au from the Sun and 1.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34280 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QP140 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.84 km (#15,572 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.380 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.94 |
| Orbital period | 4.34 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.66 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.46 – 2.86 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0738 |
| Inclination | 2.91° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.46 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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