(33476) Gilanareiss Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Gilana Reiss mentored a finalist in the 2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Hunter College High School, New York, New York.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gilanareiss is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gilanareiss is 2.56 au from the Sun and 2.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33476 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 FV54 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.42 km (#14,165 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.315 |
| Rotation period | 6.74 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.55 |
| Orbital period | 3.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.117 |
| Inclination | 5.95° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (17053) Ashayshah
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- (17914) Joannelee
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