(33861) Boucvalt Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Cathy Boucvalt mentored a finalist in the 2017 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the John Curtis Christian School, River Ridge, Louisiana.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Boucvalt is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Boucvalt is 2.84 au from the Sun and 3.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33861 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HO94 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.17 km (#16,813 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.311 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.46 |
| Orbital period | 4.00 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.52 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.172 |
| Inclination | 1.98° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Cathy
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Also discovered on 29 April 2000
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- (16252) Franfrost
- (16253) Griffis
- (16254) Harper
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