(33595) Jiwoolee Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 10 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Jiwoo Lee (b. 1999) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2016 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her biomedical and health sciences project. She also received the Intel and Indo-US Science & Technology Forum Award. She attends the Academy for Medical Science Technology, Hackensack, NJ, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Jiwoolee is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jiwoolee is 2.59 au from the Sun and 3.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33595
Provisional designation1999 JC49
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.97 km (#12,805 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.123
Absolute magnitude (H)15.23
Orbital period3.88 years
Semi-major axis2.47 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.22 – 2.72 au
Eccentricity0.103
Inclination0.841°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.23 au

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

Also discovered on 10 May 1999

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