(34472) Guxieran Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Gu Xieran (b. 2000) was awarded second place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her animal sciences team project. She attended the Shanghai Foreign Language School, Shanghai, China.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #14, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Guxieran is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Guxieran is 2.33 au from the Sun and 3.10 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34472 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 ST115 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.82 km (#13,166 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.277 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.37 |
| Orbital period | 4.08 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.55 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.26 – 2.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.115 |
| Inclination | 4.43° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.26 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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