(33910) Lestarge Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 June 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Brian LeStarge mentored a finalist in the 2017 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. He teaches at the Churchill Junior High, Salt Lake City, Utah.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lestarge is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lestarge is 2.26 au from the Sun and 2.87 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33910 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 LJ9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 80.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.47 |
| Orbital period | 3.29 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.86 – 2.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.158 |
| Inclination | 4.28° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.862 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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