(33219) De Los Santos Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Tomas De Los Santos mentored a finalist in the 2016 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. He teaches at the Santa Gertrudis School, Kingsville, Texas.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-09-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where De Los Santos is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: De Los Santos is 2.89 au from the Sun and 3.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33219 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FN107 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.21 |
| Orbital period | 4.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.78 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.33 – 3.22 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.161 |
| Inclination | 6.68° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.35 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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