(34404) Jaybuddi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jay Buddi mentored a finalist in the 2018 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students. He teaches at the Surfside Middle School, Panama City Beach, Florida.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #11, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jaybuddi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jaybuddi is 2.20 au from the Sun and 2.68 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34404 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 RZ85 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.29 km (#16,632 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.370 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.38 |
| Orbital period | 3.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 2.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0923 |
| Inclination | 3.22° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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