(34215) Stutigarg Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 24 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Stuti Paavani Garg (b. 2000) was awarded second place in the 2017 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her microbiology project. She attends the Westview High School, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Stutigarg is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stutigarg is 2.84 au from the Sun and 2.53 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number34215
Provisional designation2000 QD72
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.35 km (#14,357 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.190
Absolute magnitude (H)15.08
Orbital period4.12 years
Semi-major axis2.57 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.28 – 2.86 au
Eccentricity0.114
Inclination2.59°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.26 au

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

Also discovered on 24 August 2000

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