(34392) Afroz Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Farhana Afroz mentored a finalist in the 2018 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students. She teaches at the Granada Islamic School, Santa Clara, California.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #11, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Afroz is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Afroz is 2.57 au from the Sun and 1.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34392 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 RT68 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.85 km (#15,559 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.414 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.87 |
| Orbital period | 3.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 2.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.127 |
| Inclination | 1.39° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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