(33514) Changpeihsuan Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 6 April 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Chang Pei-Hsuan (b. 1998) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2016 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her math project. She also received the European Union Contest for Young Scientists Award. She attends the Taipei Municipal LiShan High School, Taipei City, Chinese Taipei.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Changpeihsuan is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Changpeihsuan is 2.61 au from the Sun and 2.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33514
Provisional designation1999 GF34
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.57 km (#13,763 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.166
Absolute magnitude (H)15.13
Orbital period3.56 years
Semi-major axis2.33 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.05 – 2.61 au
Eccentricity0.122
Inclination6.97°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.04 au

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

Also named after someone called Chang

Also discovered on 6 April 1999

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