(33261) Ginagarlie Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Gina Garlie mentored a finalist in the 2016 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the Kalispell Middle School, Kalispell, Montana.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ginagarlie is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ginagarlie is 2.72 au from the Sun and 3.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33261 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HQ45 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.20 km (#14,711 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.396 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.25 |
| Orbital period | 4.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.76 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.70 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0220 |
| Inclination | 5.50° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.69 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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