(34016) Chaitanya Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 July 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Chaitanya (b. 1999) was awarded second place in the 2017 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his biomedical engineering team project. He attends the Little Rock Indian School, Brahmavar, Karnataka, India.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chaitanya is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chaitanya is 2.29 au from the Sun and 3.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34016 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 OY16 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.17 km (#16,811 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.258 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.38 |
| Orbital period | 3.34 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.87 – 2.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.163 |
| Inclination | 2.79° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.864 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 23 July 2000
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- (19768) Ellendoane
- (19769) Dolyniuk
- (23182) Siyaxuza
- (30473) Ethanbutson
- (32213) Joshuachoe
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- (32217) Beverlyge
- (32222) Charlesvest
- (32226) Vikulgupta
- (32229) Higashino
- (34010) Tassiloschwarz
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