(33353) Chattopadhyay Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 December 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Sambuddha Chattopadhyay (b. 1999) is a finalist in the 2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his physics project. He attends the Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-06-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chattopadhyay is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chattopadhyay is 2.36 au from the Sun and 2.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33353 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 XU95 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.93 km (#17,109 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.626 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.99 |
| Orbital period | 3.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 2.47 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0710 |
| Inclination | 6.67° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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