(34594) Rohanarora Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 2 October 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Rohan Arora (b. 2000) was awarded second place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his embedded systems team project. He attended the American High School, Fremont, California, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #12, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Rohanarora is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rohanarora is 3.05 au from the Sun and 2.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number34594
Provisional designation2000 TP24
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.69
Orbital period5.17 years
Semi-major axis2.99 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.76 – 3.22 au
Eccentricity0.0755
Inclination4.25°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.78 au

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

Also named after someone called Rohan

Also discovered on 2 October 2000

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