(33806) Shrivastava Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 6 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Aryansh Shrivastava (b. 2004) is a finalist in the 2017 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for his computer science and software engineering project. He attends the William Hopkins Junior High School, Fremont, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Shrivastava is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shrivastava is 2.45 au from the Sun and 3.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33806
Provisional designation1999 XW39
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.31
Orbital period3.75 years
Semi-major axis2.41 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.29 – 2.54 au
Eccentricity0.0524
Inclination6.09°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.28 au

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

Also discovered on 6 December 1999

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