(27434) Anirudhjain Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Anirudh Jain (b. 1997) is a finalist in the 2011 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students, for his engineering project. He attends the Summa North at Meadow Park Middle School, Beaverton, Oregon.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Anirudhjain is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Anirudhjain is 2.71 au from the Sun and 3.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27434 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 FJ35 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.95 km (#7,716 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0700 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.67 |
| Orbital period | 4.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.72 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.70 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.00626 |
| Inclination | 5.91° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.69 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 29 March 2000
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- (15160) Wygoda
- (15553) Carachang
- (15554) Chenhuaipu
- (16234) Bosse
- (20764) Witasse
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- (27438) Carolynjons
- (27439) Kamimura
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