(34254) Mihirpatel Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Mihir Vipul Patel (b. 2000) is a finalist in the 2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his computer science project. He attends the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Virginia.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mihirpatel is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mihirpatel is 3.29 au from the Sun and 4.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34254 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QN114 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.86 km (#6,722 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0590 |
| Rotation period | 10.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.33 |
| Orbital period | 5.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.73 – 3.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.140 |
| Inclination | 4.26° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.71 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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