(33397) Prathiknaidu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Prathik Naidu (b. 1999) is a finalist in the 2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his computational biology and bioinformatics project. He attends the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Virginia.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-06-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Prathiknaidu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Prathiknaidu is 2.16 au from the Sun and 3.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33397 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 CG57 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.43 |
| Orbital period | 3.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 2.41 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0614 |
| Inclination | 6.86° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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