(33852) Baschnagel Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 29 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Amy Baschnagel mentored a finalist in the 2017 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the Marshall Middle School, Wexford, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Baschnagel is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Baschnagel is 2.04 au from the Sun and 1.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33852
Provisional designation2000 HO52
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.4
Orbital period3.60 years
Semi-major axis2.35 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.02 – 2.68 au
Eccentricity0.139
Inclination7.79°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.03 au

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

Also named after someone called Amy

Also discovered on 29 April 2000

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