(34234) Andrewfang Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Andrew Fang (b. 2000) is a finalist in the 2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his medicine and health project. He attends the Jericho Senior High School, Jericho, New York.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Andrewfang is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Andrewfang is 2.43 au from the Sun and 1.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34234 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QS95 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.41 km (#16,430 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.333 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.36 |
| Orbital period | 3.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.16 – 2.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0826 |
| Inclination | 6.54° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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