(33904) Janardhanan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Vidya Janardhanan mentored a finalist in the 2017 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the Stratford Sunnyvale Raynor Middle School, Sunnyvale, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Janardhanan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Janardhanan is 2.29 au from the Sun and 2.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33904 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 KC77 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 29.1 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.14 |
| Orbital period | 3.98 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.51 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.26 – 2.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.100 |
| Inclination | 4.37° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.28 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Vidya
All asteroids named after someone called Vidya
Also discovered on 27 May 2000
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