(333018) Devin Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 14 September 2007 by Mt. Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.

Devin Poland (b. 1986) is an American engineer who is the Flight Operations Manager for the OSIRIS-REx mission. He is also a Mission Director within Space Science Mission Operations (SSMO) at GSFC. Prior to this, he was a spacecraft systems engineer across multiple SSMO missions.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #8, 14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Devin is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Devin is 1.95 au from the Sun and 2.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number333018
Provisional designation2011 QE28
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)17.52
Orbital period3.85 years
Semi-major axis2.46 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.94 – 2.97 au
Eccentricity0.209
Inclination1.83°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.928 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 14 September 2007

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