(33734) Stephenlitt Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 July 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Stephen Robert Litt (b. 2004) is a finalist in the 2017 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for his medicine and health sciences project. He attends the Lovinggood Middle School, Powder Springs, Georgia.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Stephenlitt is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stephenlitt is 3.39 au from the Sun and 4.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33734 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 NC34 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.84 km (#5,881 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0470 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.94 |
| Orbital period | 5.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.87 – 3.47 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0938 |
| Inclination | 5.77° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.89 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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