(34647) Ankushdhawan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 November 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Ankush Kundan Dhawan (b. 2001) was awarded second place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his environmental engineering project. He attended the Signature School, Evansville, Indiana, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #12, 13), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ankushdhawan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ankushdhawan is 2.72 au from the Sun and 3.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34647 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 WV97 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.76 km (#11,086 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.305 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.95 |
| Orbital period | 3.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.98 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.158 |
| Inclination | 9.39° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.990 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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