(33896) Hickson Inner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 May 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Dylan Hickson (b. 1991) is a postdoctoral scholar at the Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico, who specializes in radar observations of near-Earth asteroids and understanding the properties of planetary surfaces and regolith using radar scattering measurements.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hickson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hickson is 1.82 au from the Sun and 2.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33896 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 KL40 |
| Orbit class | Inner Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.55 km (#16,157 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.747 |
| Rotation period | 23.8 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.59 |
| Orbital period | 2.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.93 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.82 – 2.03 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0567 |
| Inclination | 23.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.859 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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