(33188) Shreya Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Shreya Ramachandran (b. 2003) is a finalist in the 2016 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for her environmental and earth sciences project. She attends the Stratford Middle School, Fremont, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Shreya is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shreya is 3.44 au from the Sun and 3.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33188
Provisional designation1998 FC43
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.49 km (#9,721 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.122
Absolute magnitude (H)14.47
Orbital period5.45 years
Semi-major axis3.10 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.65 – 3.54 au
Eccentricity0.143
Inclination5.39°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.67 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 20 March 1998

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