(34509) Kuwehan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Atiya Kadide Kuwehan (b. 2002) was awarded second place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her biomedical and health sciences team project. She attended the Shree Cutchi Leva Patel Samaj School, Nairobi, Kenya.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #15, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kuwehan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kuwehan is 2.15 au from the Sun and 2.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34509 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 SH175 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 8.60 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.32 |
| Orbital period | 3.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.44 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0904 |
| Inclination | 6.50° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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