(34496) Viswanath Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 24 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Siddharth Viswanath (b. 2001) was awarded second place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his earth and environmental sciences team project. He attended the Bangalore International Academy, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #15, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Viswanath is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Viswanath is 2.95 au from the Sun and 3.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number34496
Provisional designation2000 SF147
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.77
Orbital period4.84 years
Semi-major axis2.86 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.77 – 2.95 au
Eccentricity0.0319
Inclination1.77°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.76 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Siddharth

Also discovered on 24 September 2000

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