(34625) Bollimpalli Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 October 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Meghana Chowdary Bollimpalli (b. 2001) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2018 Intel ISEF for her chemistry project. She also received the Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award. She attended the Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #12, 12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bollimpalli is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bollimpalli is 2.95 au from the Sun and 2.83 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34625 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 UT68 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.01 km (#10,605 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.161 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.54 |
| Orbital period | 5.02 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.93 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.86 – 3.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0246 |
| Inclination | 7.82° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.86 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Meghana
All asteroids named after someone called Meghana
Also discovered on 25 October 2000
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