(34245) Andrewkomo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Andrew Komo (b. 2000) is a finalist in the 2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his computer science project. He attends the Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Andrewkomo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Andrewkomo is 2.66 au from the Sun and 1.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34245 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QG101 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.50 km (#16,258 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.282 |
| Rotation period | 165 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.53 |
| Orbital period | 3.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 2.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.127 |
| Inclination | 6.08° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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