(33486) Edreynolds Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 April 1999 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Ed Reynolds (b. 1962) is an American engineer who works at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory and was the Program Manager for the DART planetary defense test mission. Prior to his work on DART, he played key engineering roles on the NEAR Shoemaker and CONTOUR missions, and was program manager for STEREO.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Edreynolds is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Edreynolds is 2.43 au from the Sun and 2.62 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33486 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 GN8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.53 km (#13,876 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.296 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.47 |
| Orbital period | 3.81 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.27 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0683 |
| Inclination | 7.83° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.27 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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