(33535) Alshaikh Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 April 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Fatimah Abdulmonem Alshaikh (b. 1998) was awarded second place in the 2016 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her plant sciences project. She attends the Al Faisaliah Islamic Schools, Khobar, Saudi Arabia.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Alshaikh is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Alshaikh is 2.74 au from the Sun and 3.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33535 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 HS9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.76 km (#7,922 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0260 |
| Rotation period | 6.08 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.17 |
| Orbital period | 3.81 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.126 |
| Inclination | 1.28° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 17 April 1999
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- (17938) Tamsendrew
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- (31660) Maximiliandu
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- (33536) Charpugdee
- (33537) Doungnga
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