(33401) Radiya-Dixit Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 12 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Evani Radiya-Dixit (b. 1999) is a finalist in the 2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her computational biology and bioinformatics project. She attends the Harker School, San Jose, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Radiya-Dixit is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Radiya-Dixit is 2.12 au from the Sun and 3.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33401
Provisional designation1999 CC68
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.27
Orbital period3.33 years
Semi-major axis2.23 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.86 – 2.60 au
Eccentricity0.166
Inclination3.77°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.850 au

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

Also discovered on 12 February 1999

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