(33379) Rohandalvi Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 10 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Rohan Dalvi (b. 1999) is a finalist in the 2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his chemistry project. He attends the Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-06-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Rohandalvi is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rohandalvi is 2.36 au from the Sun and 1.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33379
Provisional designation1999 CX23
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)16.04
Orbital period3.61 years
Semi-major axis2.35 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.07 – 2.64 au
Eccentricity0.121
Inclination3.75°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.08 au

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

Also named after someone called Rohan

Also discovered on 10 February 1999

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