(33406) Saltzman Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Audrey Saltzman (b. 1999) is a finalist in the 2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her space science project. She attends the Byram Hills High School, Armonk, New York.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Saltzman is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Saltzman is 2.62 au from the Sun and 2.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33406 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 CM74 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.42 km (#9,853 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0640 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.89 |
| Orbital period | 3.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.155 |
| Inclination | 2.71° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.959 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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