(34322) Marknandor Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Mark Nandor mentored a finalist in the 2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Wellington School, Columbus, Ohio.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-10-26), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Marknandor is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Marknandor is 2.53 au from the Sun and 1.94 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34322 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QW196 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.38 km (#16,474 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.179 |
| Rotation period | 72.6 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.47 |
| Orbital period | 4.20 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.60 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.39 – 2.82 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0817 |
| Inclination | 1.14° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.38 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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