(33580) Priyankajain Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 10 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Priyanka Jain (b. 1998) was awarded second place in the 2016 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her biomedical and health sciences project. She attends the La Cueva High School, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Priyankajain is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Priyankajain is 2.75 au from the Sun and 2.79 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33580
Provisional designation1999 JM35
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.94 km (#15,373 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.355
Absolute magnitude (H)14.81
Orbital period3.79 years
Semi-major axis2.43 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.11 – 2.75 au
Eccentricity0.132
Inclination3.55°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.13 au

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

Also discovered on 10 May 1999

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