(34103) Suganthkannan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Suganth Kannan (b. 1999) was awarded second place in the 2017 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his chemistry project. He attends the American Heritage School, Plantation, Florida, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Suganthkannan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Suganthkannan is 2.74 au from the Sun and 1.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34103 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 PP17 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.98 km (#12,801 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.194 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.76 |
| Orbital period | 5.01 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.93 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.62 – 3.23 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.104 |
| Inclination | 2.53° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.62 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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