(34272) Veeramacheneni Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Teja Sai Veeramacheneni (b. 2000) is a finalist in the 2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his computer science project. He attends the Archbishop Mitty High School, San Jose, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Veeramacheneni is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Veeramacheneni is 2.52 au from the Sun and 2.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34272 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QQ132 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.95 km (#15,334 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.293 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.83 |
| Orbital period | 4.12 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.52 – 2.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0214 |
| Inclination | 9.98° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.54 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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