(343438) Gao Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 February 2010 by Pan-STARRS 1 at Haleakala.
Hua Gao (b. 1992) is a Chinese astronomer who received his PhD from Peking University in 2019. In 2021, he joined the Pan-STARRS Image Processing Pipeline team at the Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaiʻi.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #4, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gao is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gao is 2.74 au from the Sun and 3.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 343438 |
| Provisional designation | 2010 DS77 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.50 km (#16,265 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0490 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.9 |
| Orbital period | 4.13 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.41 – 2.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0643 |
| Inclination | 14.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.43 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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