(33918) Janiscoville Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 8 June 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Janice Scoville mentored a finalist in the 2017 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the Lovinggood Middle School, Powder Springs, Georgia.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Janiscoville is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Janiscoville is 2.12 au from the Sun and 2.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33918
Provisional designation2000 LL19
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.29 km (#14,495 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.215
Absolute magnitude (H)14.59
Orbital period3.75 years
Semi-major axis2.41 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.10 – 2.73 au
Eccentricity0.130
Inclination7.31°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.10 au

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

Also discovered on 8 June 2000

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