(33975) Shotatakahashi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 July 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Shota Takahashi (b. 1994) is a Japanese aerospace engineer. He developed novel approaches to the autonomous navigation and mapping of small asteroids using spacecraft. Using his approach it would be possible to carry out an entire mapping mission at an asteroid with no ground intervention, from rendezvous to eventually entering a stable orbit about the body.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #1, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shotatakahashi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shotatakahashi is 2.57 au from the Sun and 2.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33975 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 NF17 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.02 |
| Orbital period | 4.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.70 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.56 – 2.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0533 |
| Inclination | 4.46° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.54 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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