(33200) Carasummit Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Cara Summit mentored a finalist in the 2016 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the Canterbury School, Fort Myers, Florida.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Carasummit is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Carasummit is 2.87 au from the Sun and 3.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33200 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FY53 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.79 km (#5,925 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0520 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.12 |
| Orbital period | 5.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.11 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.81 – 3.41 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0962 |
| Inclination | 3.69° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.81 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Cara
All asteroids named after someone called Cara
Also discovered on 20 March 1998
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- (9243) Alag
- (9454) Ardeishar
- (11169) Alkon
- (11170) Bradenmilford
- (11173) Jayanderson
- (11174) Carandrews
- (11176) Batth
- (11685) Adamcurry