(33924) Rosanaaraujo Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 1 June 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.

Rosana Nogueira de Araujo (b. 1981) is a Brazilian researcher at the Universidad Estadual de São Paulo (UNESP), Brazil. She is a dynamicist that worked on the stability and evolution of binary and triple NEA systems, TNOs and the ring system around (10199) Chariklo.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 31), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Rosanaaraujo is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rosanaaraujo is 2.80 au from the Sun and 3.32 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33924
Provisional designation2000 LS26
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.73 km (#13,392 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.221
Absolute magnitude (H)14.36
Orbital period4.02 years
Semi-major axis2.53 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.25 – 2.81 au
Eccentricity0.111
Inclination3.70°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.23 au

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

Also discovered on 1 June 2000

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