(33523) Warashina Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 April 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Tomoro Warashina (b. 1997) was awarded second place in the 2016 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his cellular and molecular biology project. He attends the Yokohama Science Frontier High School, Yokohama-City, Kanagawa-pref., Japan.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Warashina is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Warashina is 2.23 au from the Sun and 3.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33523 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 GT41 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.33 km (#16,549 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.325 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.27 |
| Orbital period | 3.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.92 – 2.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.164 |
| Inclination | 4.43° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.907 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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