(34380) Pratikvangal Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Pratik Sriram Vangal (b. 2003) was a finalist in the 2018 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students, for his energy and sustainability project. He attended the Stoller Middle School, Portland, Oregon.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #7, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pratikvangal is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pratikvangal is 2.40 au from the Sun and 1.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34380 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 RV55 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.20 km (#16,774 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.252 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.34 |
| Orbital period | 4.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.66 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.39 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.102 |
| Inclination | 2.25° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.38 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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