(34857) Sutaria Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 14 October 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Jainil Sutaria (b. 2000) was awarded second place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his materials science team project. He attended the Ardsley High School, Ardsley, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #14, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Sutaria is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sutaria is 2.55 au from the Sun and 2.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number34857
Provisional designation2001 TB36
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.10 km (#10,438 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0540
Absolute magnitude (H)15.34
Orbital period3.81 years
Semi-major axis2.44 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.11 – 2.77 au
Eccentricity0.135
Inclination9.23°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.11 au

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

Also discovered on 14 October 2001

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