(33814) Viswesh Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Annika Viswesh (b. 2003) is a finalist in the 2017 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for her computer science and software engineering project. She attends the Stratford Sunnyvale Raynor Middle School, Sunnyvale, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Viswesh is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Viswesh is 2.69 au from the Sun and 3.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33814 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AQ15 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.42 km (#16,422 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.363 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.05 |
| Orbital period | 4.14 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 3.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.165 |
| Inclination | 3.29° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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