(34261) Musharahman Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Muhammad Shahir Rahman (b. 2000) is a finalist in the 2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his engineering project. He attends the Westview High School, Portland, Oregon.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Musharahman is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Musharahman is 2.08 au from the Sun and 3.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34261 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QK120 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.57 km (#16,129 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.387 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.03 |
| Orbital period | 3.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.136 |
| Inclination | 3.51° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.932 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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