(34687) Isahaku Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 19 March 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Ayman Napsy Isahaku (b. 1999) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2018 Intel ISEF for his animal sciences team project. He also received the Indo-U.S. Science & Technology Visit to India Award. He attended the Nicolet High School, Glendale, Wisconsin, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #13, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Isahaku is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Isahaku is 2.41 au from the Sun and 1.43 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number34687
Provisional designation2001 FU74
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.52 km (#13,924 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.248
Absolute magnitude (H)14.71
Orbital period4.01 years
Semi-major axis2.52 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.07 – 2.98 au
Eccentricity0.182
Inclination9.09°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.07 au

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

Also discovered on 19 March 2001

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