(227033) Adamjmckay Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 January 2005 by Wise at Wise.
Adam J. McKay (b. 1968) is an American filmmaker and comedian who was head writer for Saturday Night Live, co-founded the Upright Citizens Brigade, and has made many TV shows and films. He wrote and directed The Big Short, Vice, and Don't Look Up, a movie about science denial and its often dire consequences.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #1, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Adamjmckay is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Adamjmckay is 2.80 au from the Sun and 2.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 227033 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 AM26 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.91 km (#12,964 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0550 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.81 |
| Orbital period | 5.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.79 – 3.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.108 |
| Inclination | 6.30° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.80 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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