(34253) Nitya Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Nitya Parthasarathy (b. 2000) is a finalist in the 2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her behavioral and social sciences project. She attends the Northwood High School, Irvine, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nitya is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nitya is 3.00 au from the Sun and 3.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34253 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QH114 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.91 |
| Orbital period | 4.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.76 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.45 – 3.08 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.114 |
| Inclination | 3.26° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.45 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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