(34814) Muthukumar Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 September 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Pragati Muthukumar (b. 2001) was awarded second place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her plant sciences project. She attended the Commack High School, Commack, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #14, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Muthukumar is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Muthukumar is 2.99 au from the Sun and 3.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34814 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 ST109 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.62 km (#6,055 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0500 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.37 |
| Orbital period | 4.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.70 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.39 – 3.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.113 |
| Inclination | 9.18° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.42 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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