(34271) Vinjaivale Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Vinjai Vale (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 Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vinjaivale is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vinjaivale is 2.78 au from the Sun and 3.61 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34271 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QH132 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.35 km (#14,351 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.274 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.94 |
| Orbital period | 4.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.73 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0258 |
| Inclination | 1.78° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.71 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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