(33492) Christirogers Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 April 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Christine Rogers mentored a finalist in the 2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Hendrick Hudson High School, Montrose, New York.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Christirogers is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Christirogers is 2.53 au from the Sun and 2.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33492 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 GT17 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.81 km (#15,646 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.468 |
| Rotation period | 10.3 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.54 |
| Orbital period | 3.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0826 |
| Inclination | 6.89° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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