(29783) Sanjanarane Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Sanjana Jagdish Rane (b. 1997) was awarded second place in the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental sciences project. She attends the duPont Manual Magnet High School, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sanjanarane is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sanjanarane is 2.85 au from the Sun and 3.67 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 29783 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 CU50 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.10 km (#14,971 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.266 |
| Rotation period | 3.70 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.9 |
| Orbital period | 3.79 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.86 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.174 |
| Inclination | 2.77° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 10 February 1999
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- (10942) Natashamaniar
- (11197) Beranek
- (11407) Madsubramanian
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- (16013) Schmidgall
- (16014) Sinha
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