(34862) Utkarshtandon Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 October 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Utkarsh Tandon (b. 2000) was awarded second place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his computational biology and bioinformatics project. He attended the Cupertino High School, Cupertino, California, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #14, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Utkarshtandon is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Utkarshtandon is 2.55 au from the Sun and 2.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34862 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 TX79 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.05 km (#5,718 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0410 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.47 |
| Orbital period | 5.17 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.99 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.55 – 3.43 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.146 |
| Inclination | 5.44° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.54 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 13 October 2001
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- (34854) Paquifrutos
- (34863) Lientang
- (55418) Bianciardi
- (110408) Nakajima
- (110625) Feryalozel
- (110702) Titostagno
- (124844) Hirotamasao