(33190) Sigrest Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Eleanor Wren Sigrest (b. 2003) is a finalist in the 2016 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for her electrical and mechanical engineering project. She attends the Louise A. Benton Middle School, Manassas, Virginia.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Sigrest is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sigrest is 3.08 au from the Sun and 2.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33190
Provisional designation1998 FV43
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.99 km (#10,633 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.162
Absolute magnitude (H)14.49
Orbital period5.12 years
Semi-major axis2.97 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.81 – 3.14 au
Eccentricity0.0556
Inclination9.63°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.81 au

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

Also named after someone called Eleanor

Also discovered on 20 March 1998

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