(83362) Sandukruit Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 September 2001 by W. K. Y. Yeung at Desert Eagle.
Sanduk Ruit (b. 1954) is a visionary Nepalese ophthalmologist who founded the Tilganga Eye Centre in Kathmandu. He also created the Himalayan Cataract Project, which had cured hundreds of thousands of cataract patients in poor countries.Naming citation (20100330/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sandukruit is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sandukruit is 3.03 au from the Sun and 3.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 83362 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 SH1 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.68 km (#6,902 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0630 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.47 |
| Orbital period | 5.82 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.01 – 3.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0696 |
| Inclination | 21.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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