(33789) Sharmacam Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Cameron Sharma (b. 2004) is a finalist in the 2017 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for his medicine and health sciences project. He attends the George H. Moody Middle School, Richmond, Virginia.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sharmacam is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sharmacam is 2.22 au from the Sun and 3.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33789 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 SD8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.58 km (#13,761 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.263 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.29 |
| Orbital period | 4.06 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.55 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.20 – 2.90 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.138 |
| Inclination | 6.88° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.19 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Cameron
All asteroids named after someone called Cameron
Also discovered on 29 September 1999
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