(34555) Yuliamaslova Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 25 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Yulia Maslova (b. 2000) was awarded second place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her chemistry team project. She attended the Moscow South-Eastern School Named After V. I. Chuikov, Moscow, Russia.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #15, 12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Yuliamaslova is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yuliamaslova is 3.03 au from the Sun and 3.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number34555
Provisional designation2000 SE262
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter7.09 km (#7,534 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0320
Absolute magnitude (H)14.86
Orbital period5.47 years
Semi-major axis3.10 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.88 – 3.32 au
Eccentricity0.0708
Inclination3.16°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.87 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Yulia

Also discovered on 25 September 2000

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