(33405) Rekhtman Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
David Boris Rekhtman (b. 1998) is a finalist in the 2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his medicine and health project. He attends the Walt Whitman High School, Bethesda, Maryland.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rekhtman is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rekhtman is 2.54 au from the Sun and 3.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33405 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 CW73 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.04 |
| Orbital period | 3.34 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.89 – 2.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.156 |
| Inclination | 3.35° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.904 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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