(33413) Alecsun Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Alec Sun (b. 1998) is a finalist in the 2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his mathematics project. He attends the Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Alecsun is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Alecsun is 2.54 au from the Sun and 1.61 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33413 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 CP99 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.71 km (#17,268 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.380 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.66 |
| Orbital period | 3.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0963 |
| Inclination | 3.99° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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