(34819) Nandininaidu Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 16 September 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Nandini Tondamantham Naidu (b. 2000) was awarded second place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her biochemistry project. She attended the Valley Catholic High School, Beaverton, Oregon, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #14, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Nandininaidu is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nandininaidu is 2.69 au from the Sun and 3.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number34819
Provisional designation2001 SW119
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.80 km (#15,667 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.271
Absolute magnitude (H)15.22
Orbital period4.44 years
Semi-major axis2.70 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.60 – 2.81 au
Eccentricity0.0381
Inclination4.28°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.59 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Nandini

Also discovered on 16 September 2001

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