(33458) Fialkow Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 19 March 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Joshua Fialkow mentored a finalist in the 2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, New York.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Fialkow is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fialkow is 2.26 au from the Sun and 2.49 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33458
Provisional designation1999 FE29
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.51
Orbital period3.53 years
Semi-major axis2.32 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.12 – 2.52 au
Eccentricity0.0867
Inclination3.39°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.12 au

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

Also named after someone called Joshua

Also discovered on 19 March 1999

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