(34329) Sribhimaraju Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 31 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Sriram Venugopal Bhimaraju (b. 2006) 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 Harker School, San Jose, California.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #5, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Sribhimaraju is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sribhimaraju is 2.39 au from the Sun and 1.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number34329
Provisional designation2000 QO206
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter6.34 km (#8,457 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0700
Absolute magnitude (H)14.81
Orbital period4.34 years
Semi-major axis2.66 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.39 – 2.93 au
Eccentricity0.103
Inclination4.16°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.39 au

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

Also discovered on 31 August 2000

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