(34156) Gopalakrishnan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Vivek Gopalakrishnan (b. 1999) was awarded second place in the 2017 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his microbiology project. He attends the Lexington High School, Lexington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gopalakrishnan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gopalakrishnan is 2.37 au from the Sun and 1.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34156 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QT22 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.01 km (#15,204 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.318 |
| Rotation period | 105 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.94 |
| Orbital period | 3.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 2.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.141 |
| Inclination | 4.68° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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