(34182) Sachan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kshitij Sachan (b. 2000) was awarded second place in the 2017 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his cellular and molecular biology team project. He attends the Plano East Senior High School, Plano, Texas, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sachan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sachan is 2.60 au from the Sun and 1.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34182 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QC44 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.14 |
| Orbital period | 4.29 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.45 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0710 |
| Inclination | 2.13° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.44 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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