(33254) Sundaresakumar Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Preethi Sundaresakumar mentored a finalist in the 2016 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the Stratford Middle School, San Jose, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sundaresakumar is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sundaresakumar is 2.84 au from the Sun and 3.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33254 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HE30 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.79 |
| Orbital period | 4.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.73 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0245 |
| Inclination | 5.00° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.75 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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