(34197) Susrinivasan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Suraj Sai Srinivasan (b. 2000) was awarded first place in the 2017 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his biomedical engineering project. He attends the Strongsville High School, Strongsville, Ohio, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Susrinivasan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Susrinivasan is 2.51 au from the Sun and 3.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34197 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QD54 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.94 km (#15,356 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.129 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.05 |
| Orbital period | 3.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.132 |
| Inclination | 7.98° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.986 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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