(33696) Crouchley Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Austin Vincent Crouchley (b. 2003) is a finalist in the 2017 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for his electrical and mechanical engineering project. He attends the Garden City Middle School, Garden City, New York.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Crouchley is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Crouchley is 2.77 au from the Sun and 2.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33696 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 KM8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.84 km (#17,196 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.330 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.4 |
| Orbital period | 3.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 2.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.156 |
| Inclination | 1.19° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Austin
All asteroids named after someone called Austin
Also discovered on 18 May 1999
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- (18026) Juliabaldwin
- (18027) Gokcay
- (18028) Ramchandani
- (18812) Aliadler
- (19568) Rachelmarie
- (25333) Britwenger
- (29972) Chriswan
- (31787) Darcylawson
- (33699) Jessiegan
- (33700) Gluckman
- (33701) Gotthold