(33690) Noahcain Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Noah Miles Cain (b. 2005) is a finalist in the 2017 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for his environmental and earth sciences project. He attends the Krystal School of Science, Math, and Technology, Hesperia, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Noahcain is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Noahcain is 2.79 au from the Sun and 3.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33690 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 JD127 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.75 km (#7,937 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0680 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.42 |
| Orbital period | 5.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.79 – 3.53 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.117 |
| Inclination | 5.98° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.80 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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