(333205) Nair Inner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 February 2009 by CSS at Catalina.
Hari Nair (b. 1969) is an American research software engineer. He developed software tools to assess and created high-quality shape models built by the OSIRIS-REx team from images and the OSIRIS-REX altimeter, critical to the successful sampling of Bennu.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #15, 17), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nair is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nair is 1.97 au from the Sun and 1.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 333205 |
| Provisional designation | 2012 HA |
| Orbit class | Inner Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.32 |
| Orbital period | 2.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.94 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.89 – 1.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0256 |
| Inclination | 22.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.880 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.