(34012) Prashaant Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 July 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Prashaant Ranganathan (b. 1999) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2017 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his environmental engineering project. He also received the Philip V. Streich Memorial Award. He attends the Carmel Junior College, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Prashaant is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Prashaant is 2.59 au from the Sun and 1.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34012 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 OD15 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.91 km (#17,130 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.334 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.77 |
| Orbital period | 3.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.126 |
| Inclination | 3.45° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 23 July 2000
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- (19768) Ellendoane
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- (23182) Siyaxuza
- (30473) Ethanbutson
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- (32217) Beverlyge
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