(34599) Burzinbalsara Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 1 October 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Burzin Poras Balsara (b. 1999) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his embedded systems team project. He attended the Plano Senior High School, Plano, Texas, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #12, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Burzinbalsara is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Burzinbalsara is 2.97 au from the Sun and 3.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number34599
Provisional designation2000 TV39
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.09
Orbital period4.63 years
Semi-major axis2.78 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.54 – 3.01 au
Eccentricity0.0859
Inclination7.33°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.55 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 1 October 2000

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