(34338) Shreyaskar Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Shreyas Kar (b. 2004) was a finalist in the 2018 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for his computer science and software engineering project. He attended the Meyzeek Middle School, Louisville, Kentucky.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #5, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shreyaskar is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shreyaskar is 2.72 au from the Sun and 1.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34338 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QM216 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.47 km (#9,764 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0590 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.51 |
| Orbital period | 4.22 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.61 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.50 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0415 |
| Inclination | 3.12° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.50 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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