(33503) Dasilvaborges Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 April 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Luiz Fernando da Silva Borges (b. 1998) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2016 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his biomedical engineering project. He also received the The Philip V. Streich Memorial Award. He attends the IFMS - Campus Aquidauana, Aquidauana, Brazil.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dasilvaborges is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dasilvaborges is 2.57 au from the Sun and 1.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33503 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 GS20 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.62 km (#8,098 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0780 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.47 |
| Orbital period | 3.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.16 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0936 |
| Inclination | 2.90° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 15 April 1999
- (16039) Zeglin
- (17059) Elvis
- (17063) Papaloizou
- (17064) Ashnashah
- (17065) Shrilashah
- (17066) Ginagallant
- (17069) Adyantshankar
- (17070) Yanniksingh
- (17071) Spiride
- (17917) Cartan
- (17921) Aldeobaldia
- (17923) Strother