(33412) Arjunsubra Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Arjun Subramaniam (b. 1999) is a finalist in the 2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his computational biology and bioinformatics project. He attends the Harker School, San Jose, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Arjunsubra is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Arjunsubra is 2.68 au from the Sun and 3.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33412 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 CX96 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.50 km (#8,253 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0360 |
| Rotation period | 11.2 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.07 |
| Orbital period | 3.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.86 – 2.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.195 |
| Inclination | 3.97° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.846 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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