(34343) Kumaran Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Janani Sarjana Kumaran (b. 2003) was a finalist in the 2018 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for his plant science project. He attended the Abraham Lincoln Middle School, Gainesville, Florida.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #5, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kumaran is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kumaran is 2.66 au from the Sun and 1.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34343 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QU227 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.77 km (#15,715 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.252 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.26 |
| Orbital period | 4.27 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.63 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.57 – 2.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0244 |
| Inclination | 2.42° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.58 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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