(33971) Alexdavis Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 July 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Alex B. Davis (b. 1993) in an American aerospace engineer who has developed the General Use Binary Asteroid Simulator for modeling the complex coupled spin-orbit dynamics of binary asteroid systems. This tool has been used extensively by NASA's DART mission for analyzing the pre- and post-impact dynamics of the Didymos-Dimorphos binary asteroid system.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #1, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Alexdavis is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Alexdavis is 2.48 au from the Sun and 2.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33971 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 NL14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.29 km (#14,510 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.194 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.83 |
| Orbital period | 3.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.12 – 2.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0833 |
| Inclination | 5.30° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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