(33515) Linbohan Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 6 April 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Lin Bo-Han (b. 1998) was awarded second place in the 2016 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his physics and astronomy project. He attends the Taipei Fuhsing Private School, Taipei, Taiwan, Chinese Taipei.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Linbohan is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Linbohan is 2.81 au from the Sun and 3.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33515
Provisional designation1999 GM34
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.56
Orbital period4.04 years
Semi-major axis2.54 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.21 – 2.87 au
Eccentricity0.130
Inclination2.00°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.19 au

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

Also named after someone called Lin

Also discovered on 6 April 1999

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