(34391) Garyzhan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Gary Zhan (b. 2004) was a finalist in the 2018 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students, for his microbiology and biochemistry project. He attended the Bear River Charter School, Logan, Utah.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #7, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Garyzhan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Garyzhan is 1.87 au from the Sun and 2.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34391 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 RX67 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.77 km (#13,273 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.236 |
| Rotation period | 5.40 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.55 |
| Orbital period | 3.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.82 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.185 |
| Inclination | 5.55° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.802 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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