(34469) Danishmahmood Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 24 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Danish Mahmood (b. 2003) was awarded second place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his biomedical engineering project. He attended the London Central Secondary School, London, Ontario, Canada.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #14, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Danishmahmood is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Danishmahmood is 2.92 au from the Sun and 2.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number34469
Provisional designation2000 SM110
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Rotation period6.04 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.93
Orbital period5.04 years
Semi-major axis2.94 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.69 – 3.19 au
Eccentricity0.0839
Inclination1.36°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.69 au

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

Also discovered on 24 September 2000

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