(33590) Sreelakshmi Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 10 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Sreelakshmi Kutty (b. 1998) was awarded second place in the 2016 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental engineering team project. She attends the Saint Andrew's Priory School, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Sreelakshmi is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sreelakshmi is 2.59 au from the Sun and 3.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33590
Provisional designation1999 JS46
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.21 km (#16,761 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.476
Absolute magnitude (H)15.05
Orbital period3.56 years
Semi-major axis2.33 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.06 – 2.60 au
Eccentricity0.117
Inclination7.62°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.06 au

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

Also discovered on 10 May 1999

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