(34828) Ishapuri Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 September 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Isha Puri (b. 2001) was awarded second place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her computational biology and bioinformatics project. She attended the Horace Greeley High School, Chappaqua, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #14, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ishapuri is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ishapuri is 3.55 au from the Sun and 4.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34828 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 SO168 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.31 km (#6,298 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0530 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.16 |
| Orbital period | 5.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.76 – 3.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.133 |
| Inclination | 4.95° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.75 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Isha
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Also discovered on 19 September 2001
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