(33328) Archanaverma Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Archana Verma (b. 1999) was a finalist in the 2017 Regeneron STS, and was awarded 1st place at the 2016 ISEF for her chemistry project. She attends the Jericho Senior High School, Jericho, New York.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Archanaverma is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Archanaverma is 3.28 au from the Sun and 3.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33328
Provisional designation1998 RV41
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.39
Orbital period5.33 years
Semi-major axis3.05 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.76 – 3.34 au
Eccentricity0.0950
Inclination6.65°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.75 au

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

Also named after someone called Archana

Also discovered on 14 September 1998

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