(33450) Allender Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 19 March 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Kate Allender mentored a finalist in the 2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Tesla STEM High School, Redmond, Washington.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Allender is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Allender is 2.14 au from the Sun and 3.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33450
Provisional designation1999 FO25
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.86
Orbital period3.47 years
Semi-major axis2.29 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.95 – 2.64 au
Eccentricity0.150
Inclination5.89°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.970 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Kate

Also discovered on 19 March 1999

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