(33457) Cutillo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 March 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Mary Cutillo mentored a finalist in the 2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Perkiomen Valley High School, Collegeville, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cutillo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cutillo is 1.88 au from the Sun and 1.88 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33457 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 FP28 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.00 km (#15,210 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.196 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.13 |
| Orbital period | 3.34 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.87 – 2.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.164 |
| Inclination | 4.44° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.856 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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