(34107) Kashfiarahman Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 2 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Kashfia Nehrin Rahman (b. 2000) was awarded first place in the 2017 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her behavioral and social sciences project. She attends the Brookings High School, Brookings, South Dakota, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Kashfiarahman is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kashfiarahman is 2.71 au from the Sun and 3.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number34107
Provisional designation2000 PX22
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.52 km (#9,684 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0760
Absolute magnitude (H)14.95
Orbital period5.38 years
Semi-major axis3.07 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.52 – 3.62 au
Eccentricity0.179
Inclination2.52°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.51 au

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

Also discovered on 2 August 2000

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