(33418) Jacksonweaver Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 12 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Jackson Barker Weaver (b. 1999) is a finalist in the 2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his biochemistry project. He attends the Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School, Jersey City, New Jersey.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Jacksonweaver is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jacksonweaver is 2.29 au from the Sun and 2.81 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33418
Provisional designation1999 CJ106
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.34 km (#16,540 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.324
Absolute magnitude (H)14.8
Orbital period3.30 years
Semi-major axis2.22 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.13 – 2.31 au
Eccentricity0.0408
Inclination4.73°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.14 au

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

Also named after someone called Jackson

Also discovered on 12 February 1999

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