(33613) Pendharkar Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 10 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Aarushi Iris Pendharkar (b. 2001) was awarded second place in the 2016 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her biomedical and health sciences project. She attends the Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science, Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Pendharkar is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pendharkar is 2.32 au from the Sun and 1.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33613
Provisional designation1999 JO63
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.75 km (#11,114 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0860
Absolute magnitude (H)15.35
Orbital period3.60 years
Semi-major axis2.35 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.93 – 2.77 au
Eccentricity0.177
Inclination7.73°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.958 au

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

Also discovered on 10 May 1999

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