(34256) Advaitpatil Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Advait Patil (b. 2000) is a finalist in the 2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his genomics project. He attends the Lynbrook High School, San Jose, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Advaitpatil is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Advaitpatil is 2.85 au from the Sun and 3.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34256 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QK116 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.48 km (#14,029 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.160 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.62 |
| Orbital period | 4.80 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.85 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.74 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0359 |
| Inclination | 3.26° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.73 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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