(34264) Sadhuka Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 28 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Shuvom Sadhuka (b. 1999) is a finalist in the 2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his physics project. He attends the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Sadhuka is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sadhuka is 3.06 au from the Sun and 2.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number34264
Provisional designation2000 QN124
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.44 km (#11,766 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.187
Absolute magnitude (H)14.54
Orbital period5.25 years
Semi-major axis3.02 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.94 – 3.10 au
Eccentricity0.0259
Inclination9.16°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.96 au

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

Also discovered on 28 August 2000

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