(33522) Chizumimaeta Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 April 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Chizumi Maeta (b. 1997) was awarded second place in the 2016 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her energy team project. She attends the Yonago National College of Technology, Yonago-City, Tottori-pref., Japan.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chizumimaeta is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chizumimaeta is 2.18 au from the Sun and 3.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33522 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 GQ40 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.29 km (#16,631 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.487 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.96 |
| Orbital period | 3.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 2.45 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0781 |
| Inclination | 7.49° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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