(33002) Everest Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 February 1997 by V. S. Casulli at Colleverde.
Mount Everest (also known as Sagarmātā in Nepal and Chomolungma in China) is the world's highest mountain. The summit is 8848 m above sea level.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-10-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Everest is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Everest is 2.87 au from the Sun and 1.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33002 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 DM |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.73 km (#7,962 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0980 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.32 |
| Orbital period | 5.18 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.99 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.64 – 3.35 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.118 |
| Inclination | 5.21° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.66 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.