(34142) Sachinkonan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Sachin Ganesh Konan (b. 2000) was awarded second place in the 2017 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his embedded systems project. He attends the Hamilton High School, Chandler, Arizona, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sachinkonan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sachinkonan is 3.41 au from the Sun and 4.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34142 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QE12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.24 km (#10,158 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0560 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.97 |
| Orbital period | 5.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 3.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.156 |
| Inclination | 0.949° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.64 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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