(33838) Brandabaker Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Branda Baker mentored a finalist in the 2017 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the Carmichael Middle School, Richland, Washington.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Brandabaker is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Brandabaker is 3.34 au from the Sun and 3.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33838 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GU49 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.54 km (#7,074 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0340 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.74 |
| Orbital period | 5.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.78 – 3.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.123 |
| Inclination | 0.721° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.78 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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