(34752) Venkatkrishnan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 August 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Venkat Vinayak Krishnan (b. 2000) was awarded second place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his embedded systems team project. He attended the American High School, Fremont, California, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #13, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Venkatkrishnan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Venkatkrishnan is 2.20 au from the Sun and 3.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34752 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 QU105 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.33 km (#14,393 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.145 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.64 |
| Orbital period | 3.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.50 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.101 |
| Inclination | 2.95° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (32598) Vanialorenzi
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