(34492) Swasthikpadma Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Swasthik Padma (b. 2001) was awarded second place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his translational medical science team project. He attended the Vivekananda Pre-University College, Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka, India.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #15, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Swasthikpadma is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Swasthikpadma is 2.75 au from the Sun and 2.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34492 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 SP139 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.72 km (#11,194 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.166 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.52 |
| Orbital period | 5.09 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.96 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.75 – 3.17 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0706 |
| Inclination | 8.79° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.77 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 23 September 2000
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- (20788) Le Montagner
- (27578) Yogisullivan
- (28936) Dalapati
- (32449) Crystalmiller
- (34420) Peterpau
- (34462) Stoffregen
- (34488) Lennartresch
- (34490) Danielkang
- (34491) Mohammedsuhail
- (36783) Kagamino
- (36992) Jakubek