(34863) Lientang Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 October 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Lien Tang (b. 2000) was awarded second place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her biomedical and health sciences project. She attended the Manzano High School, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #14, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lientang is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lientang is 2.27 au from the Sun and 2.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34863 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 TP107 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.63 km (#11,376 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.207 |
| Rotation period | 111 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.38 |
| Orbital period | 3.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.134 |
| Inclination | 8.56° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 13 October 2001
- (34852) Shteyman
- (34854) Paquifrutos
- (34862) Utkarshtandon
- (55418) Bianciardi
- (110408) Nakajima
- (110625) Feryalozel
- (110702) Titostagno
- (124844) Hirotamasao