(33213) Diggs Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Katherine Diggs mentored a finalist in the 2016 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the St. Joseph School Fullerton, Baltimore, Maryland.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Diggs is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Diggs is 3.17 au from the Sun and 3.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33213 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FB80 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.16 |
| Orbital period | 4.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.74 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.31 – 3.18 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.158 |
| Inclination | 4.12° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.32 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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