(34101) Hesrivastava Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 1 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Hemant Srivastava (b. 1999) was awarded second place in the 2017 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his translational medical science project. He attends the Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Hesrivastava is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hesrivastava is 2.58 au from the Sun and 2.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number34101
Provisional designation2000 PT15
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter6.56 km (#8,178 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0360
Absolute magnitude (H)15.11
Orbital period3.57 years
Semi-major axis2.33 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.09 – 2.58 au
Eccentricity0.104
Inclination6.11°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.08 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 1 August 2000

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