(33800) Gross Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 November 1999 by C. W. Juels at Fountain Hills.
John Gross (b. 1959), an amateur astronomer, operates an automated remote access (via Internet) observatory in Sonoita, Arizona, used for research on minor planets and variable stars.Naming citation (20050919/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gross is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gross is 3.07 au from the Sun and 3.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33800 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VB7 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 23.1 km (#1,847 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0560 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.18 |
| Orbital period | 5.74 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.05 – 3.36 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0486 |
| Inclination | 22.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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