(34081) Chowkitmun Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Chow Kit Mun (b. 1999) was awarded second place in the 2017 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her materials science team project. She attends the River Valley High School, Singapore.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chowkitmun is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chowkitmun is 2.57 au from the Sun and 2.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34081 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 PH1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.51 km (#16,246 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.535 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.67 |
| Orbital period | 3.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.107 |
| Inclination | 7.11° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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