(33502) Janetwaldeck Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 April 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Janet Waldeck mentored a finalist in the 2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Taylor Allderdice High School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Janetwaldeck is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Janetwaldeck is 2.31 au from the Sun and 1.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33502 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 GM20 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.44 km (#16,377 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.391 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.11 |
| Orbital period | 3.78 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.80 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.154 |
| Inclination | 3.25° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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