(33958) Zaferiou Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 July 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Paraskevy Zaferiou mentored a finalist in the 2017 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the Garden City Middle School, Garden City, New York.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zaferiou is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zaferiou is 2.63 au from the Sun and 3.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33958 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 NK5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.74 km (#13,346 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.219 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.85 |
| Orbital period | 3.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.84 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.194 |
| Inclination | 6.49° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.827 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.