(33528) Jinzeman Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 17 April 1999 by P. Pravec at Ondrejov.

Jindřich Zeman (1894-1978), a Czech amateur astronomer living in the town of Hradec Králové, was an eager astrophotographer. His superb photographs of the night sky have been reproduced in many popular astronomy books. He received the František Nušl Award of the Czech Astronomical Society in 1942.Naming citation (20020526/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Jinzeman is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jinzeman is 2.55 au from the Sun and 2.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33528
Provisional designation1999 HL
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.86 km (#15,536 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.113
Absolute magnitude (H)15.69
Orbital period3.57 years
Semi-major axis2.33 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.01 – 2.66 au
Eccentricity0.138
Inclination3.65°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.01 au

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

Also discovered on 17 April 1999

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