(9469) Shashank Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 June 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Shashank Hitesh Dholakia (b. 1999) is a finalist in the 2012 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students, for his earth and space sciences project. He attends the Marian A. Peterson Middle School, Sunnyvale, California.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shashank is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shashank is 2.29 au from the Sun and 3.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9469 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 MY34 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.59 |
| Orbital period | 3.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.172 |
| Inclination | 2.75° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.938 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 24 June 1998
- (12535) Fazlurahman
- (12537) Kendriddle
- (12869) Ejiaga
- (12870) Rolandmeier
- (12871) Samarasinha
- (13246) Hannahshu
- (13247) Tianshi
- (13248) Fornasier
- (20395) Jacquet
- (20396) Jaemannkyeong
- (20397) Jamierobinson
- (21527) Horton
More named asteroids discovered by LINEAR
- (7904) Morrow
- (8744) Cilla
- (8745) Delaney
- (8954) Baral
- (9126) Samcoulson
- (9243) Alag
- (9454) Ardeishar
- (9458) Beaumont
- (9459) Gracecai
- (9461) Cotingkeh
- (9463) Criscione
- (9465) Fergusonsam
← (9468) Brewer · (9470) Jussieu →