(33395) Dylanli Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 10 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Dylan Li (b. 1999) is a finalist in the 2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his medicine and health project. He attends the Hunter College High School, New York, New York.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-06-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Dylanli is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dylanli is 2.72 au from the Sun and 1.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33395
Provisional designation1999 CU54
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter1.59 km (#17,317 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.530
Rotation period47.8 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)15.69
Orbital period3.68 years
Semi-major axis2.38 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.98 – 2.79 au
Eccentricity0.170
Inclination2.80°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.971 au

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

Also named after someone called Dylan

Also discovered on 10 February 1999

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