(34346) Varunmadan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Varun Raj Madan (b. 2004) was a finalist in the 2018 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for his animal science project. He attended the Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, Florida.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #5, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Varunmadan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Varunmadan is 2.59 au from the Sun and 1.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34346 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 RJ1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.93 km (#9,048 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0460 |
| Rotation period | 9.24 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.21 |
| Orbital period | 4.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.65 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.53 – 2.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0480 |
| Inclination | 0.766° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.51 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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