(33396) Vrindamadan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Vrinda Madan (b. 1999) is a finalist in the 2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her cellular and molecular biology project. She attends the Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, Florida.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-06-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vrindamadan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vrindamadan is 2.50 au from the Sun and 3.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33396 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 CU56 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.20 km (#16,783 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.529 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.0 |
| Orbital period | 3.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.91 – 2.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.157 |
| Inclination | 8.12° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.898 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 10 February 1999
- (10939) Maheshwari
- (10942) Natashamaniar
- (11197) Beranek
- (11407) Madsubramanian
- (15083) Tianhuili
- (15088) Licitra
- (15492) Nyberg
- (16012) Jamierubin
- (16013) Schmidgall
- (16014) Sinha
- (16015) Snell
- (16016) Boylan