(33834) Hannahkaplan Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 12 March 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.

Hannah Kaplan (b. 1991) is a postdoctoral researcher at the Southwest Research Institute (Boulder, CO) working on the OSIRIS-REx mission. She specializes in using remote sensing techniques and spectroscopy for research in Earth and Planetary Sciences.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 17), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Hannahkaplan is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hannahkaplan is 3.18 au from the Sun and 4.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33834
Provisional designation2000 ES158
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.72 km (#9,344 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.261
Rotation period3.54 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)13.42
Orbital period4.41 years
Semi-major axis2.69 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.19 – 3.19 au
Eccentricity0.187
Inclination11.7°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.20 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Hannah

Also discovered on 12 March 2000

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