(34277) Davidxingwu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
David Xing Wu (b. 2000) is a finalist in the 2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his mathematics project. He attends the Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Davidxingwu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Davidxingwu is 3.01 au from the Sun and 2.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34277 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QH138 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.38 km (#14,280 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.269 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.66 |
| Orbital period | 5.04 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.94 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 3.22 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0951 |
| Inclination | 2.58° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.65 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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