(34545) Chirita Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Sandu Chirita (b. 2000) was awarded second place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his robotics and intelligent machines project. He attended the B. Z. Herzl ORT Technological Lyceum, Chisinau, Moldova.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #15, 12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chirita is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chirita is 2.68 au from the Sun and 2.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34545 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 SB234 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.79 km (#13,244 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.148 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.37 |
| Orbital period | 3.81 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.19 – 2.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.104 |
| Inclination | 7.27° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.21 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.