(33972) Fuentesmunoz Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 July 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Oscar Fuentes Muñoz (b. 1995) is a Spanish planetary scientist who has studied the long-term dynamics of NEAs using a semi-analytical method that he developed. He has modeled how NEAs in the inner solar system evolve as ergodic dynamical systems, allowing for the application of alternate methods of probability computation to their global evolution.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #1, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fuentesmunoz is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fuentesmunoz is 2.19 au from the Sun and 1.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33972 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 NO15 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.17 km (#16,814 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.215 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.43 |
| Orbital period | 3.22 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.79 – 2.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.178 |
| Inclination | 5.14° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.777 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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