(33942) Davidmiller Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 June 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
David W. Miller (b. 1960) is an American aerospace engineer. He is a Technologist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Formerly as a Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Miller helped lead the student-built regolith x-ray spectrometer flown aboard the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 33), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Davidmiller is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Davidmiller is 2.00 au from the Sun and 1.03 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33942 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 LA36 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.5 |
| Orbital period | 3.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.88 – 2.90 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.213 |
| Inclination | 3.59° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.866 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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