(33699) Jessiegan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jessie Low Gan (b. 2003) is a finalist in the 2017 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for her microbiology and biochemistry project. She attends the San Diego Jewish Academy, San Diego, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jessiegan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jessiegan is 2.76 au from the Sun and 3.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33699 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 KT12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.61 km (#6,060 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0500 |
| Rotation period | 124 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.38 |
| Orbital period | 4.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.79 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.76 – 2.82 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0116 |
| Inclination | 1.80° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.75 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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