(33258) Femariebustos Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 20 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Fe Marie Bustos mentored a finalist in the 2016 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the Stratford Middle School, Fremont, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Femariebustos is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Femariebustos is 2.40 au from the Sun and 3.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33258
Provisional designation1998 HX38
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter7.08 km (#7,552 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0560
Absolute magnitude (H)15.05
Orbital period4.85 years
Semi-major axis2.87 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.38 – 3.35 au
Eccentricity0.170
Inclination2.15°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.39 au

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

Also discovered on 20 April 1998

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