(33905) Leyajoykutty Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Leya Joykutty mentored a finalist in the 2017 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the American Heritage School, Plantation, Florida.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Leyajoykutty is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Leyajoykutty is 2.41 au from the Sun and 1.53 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33905 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 KB80 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.04 km (#17,002 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.512 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.19 |
| Orbital period | 3.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.23 – 2.47 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0520 |
| Inclination | 6.16° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.25 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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