(33856) Rutuparekh Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 April 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Rutu Parekh (b. 1991) is an Indian planetary scientist. She is a planetary geologist specializing in understanding the surface evolution of icy satellites and asteroids by analyzing various exogenic and endogenic processes through image analysis, numerical modeling, and laboratory analogues.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 31), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rutuparekh is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rutuparekh is 2.81 au from the Sun and 3.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33856 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HD73 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.50 km (#11,625 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0420 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.11 |
| Orbital period | 3.90 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.48 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 2.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.135 |
| Inclination | 3.75° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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