(33931) Alexeysergeyev Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 June 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Alexey Sergeyev (b. 1974) is a Ukrainian astronomer. After being an engineer for 17 years for the National Science Academy of Ukraine, he started a career in planetary sciences, releasing a large corpus of asteroid colors and taxonomy from sky surveys.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 32), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Alexeysergeyev is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Alexeysergeyev is 2.70 au from the Sun and 3.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33931 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 LW28 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.30 km (#16,620 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.273 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.26 |
| Orbital period | 3.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.89 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.181 |
| Inclination | 3.64° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.887 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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