(29818) Aryosorayya Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 12 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Aryo Sorayya (b. 1994) was awarded first place in the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his medicine and health sciences project. He attends the Monte Vista High School, Danville, California, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Aryosorayya is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Aryosorayya is 2.07 au from the Sun and 3.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number29818
Provisional designation1999 CM117
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Rotation period14.0 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.75
Orbital period3.43 years
Semi-major axis2.27 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.91 – 2.64 au
Eccentricity0.161
Inclination6.68°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.936 au

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

Also discovered on 12 February 1999

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