(33392) Blakehord Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 10 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Blake Hord (b. 1999) is a finalist in the 2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his space science project. He attends the Dobbs Ferry High School, Dobbs Ferry, New York.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-06-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Blakehord is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Blakehord is 2.07 au from the Sun and 3.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33392
Provisional designation1999 CH54
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.04 km (#16,998 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.466
Absolute magnitude (H)15.26
Orbital period3.40 years
Semi-major axis2.26 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.92 – 2.60 au
Eccentricity0.151
Inclination4.03°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.907 au

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

Also named after someone called Blake

Also discovered on 10 February 1999

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