(34494) Shikarpur Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Pranav Nadig Shikarpur (b. 2001) was awarded second place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his earth and environmental sciences team project. He attended the Bangalore International Academy, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #15, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shikarpur is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shikarpur is 2.75 au from the Sun and 1.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34494 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 SE144 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 0.970 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.8 |
| Orbital period | 5.27 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.03 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.68 – 3.38 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.115 |
| Inclination | 2.59° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.69 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Pranav
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Also discovered on 24 September 2000
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- (19810) Partridge
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