(33478) Deniselivon Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 April 1999 by C. Jacques at Wykrota.
Denise Selivon (b. 1965), a Brazilian biologist and professor at the University of São Paulo, specializes in animal evolutionary biology and has made a model of the Tephritidae family of fruit flies. Keenly interested in astronomy since childhood, she also teaches courses on biological evolution as it pertains to exobiology.Naming citation (20070730/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Deniselivon is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Deniselivon is 2.22 au from the Sun and 3.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33478 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 GB |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.13 km (#16,874 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.269 |
| Rotation period | 5.11 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.46 |
| Orbital period | 3.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0972 |
| Inclination | 3.74° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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