(34021) Suhanijain Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 23 July 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Suhani Sachin Jain (b. 2000) was awarded second place in the 2017 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her biochemistry team project. She attends the Taywade College, Nagpur, India.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Suhanijain is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Suhanijain is 2.39 au from the Sun and 3.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number34021
Provisional designation2000 OW22
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.24 km (#16,712 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.268
Absolute magnitude (H)15.13
Orbital period3.40 years
Semi-major axis2.26 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.04 – 2.48 au
Eccentricity0.0976
Inclination2.43°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.03 au

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

Also discovered on 23 July 2000

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