(34450) Zashamickey Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Zasha Mickey mentored a finalist in the 2018 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students. She teaches at the Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, Florida.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #12, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zashamickey is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zashamickey is 2.79 au from the Sun and 2.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34450 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 SZ80 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.09 km (#16,938 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.443 |
| Rotation period | 5.12 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.31 |
| Orbital period | 3.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.89 – 2.80 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.195 |
| Inclination | 3.79° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.879 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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