(33205) Graigmarx Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Graig Marx mentored a finalist in the 2016 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. He teaches at the Winchester Thurston School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Graigmarx is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Graigmarx is 2.93 au from the Sun and 3.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33205 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FH58 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.04 km (#7,593 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0740 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.46 |
| Orbital period | 5.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.11 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.79 – 3.44 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.105 |
| Inclination | 0.429° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.78 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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