(20333) Johannhuth Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 April 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Johann Sigismund Huth (1763-1818) was a founder of astronomy at Kharkiv University, Russia (now Ukraine). He was a professor of this university during 1808-1811 and director of Tartu observatory (Estonia) from 1811 to 1818. Huth discovered four comets and estimated the diameter of (3) Juno by the eclipse method.Naming citation (20070730/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Johannhuth is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Johannhuth is 2.54 au from the Sun and 2.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20333 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HH51 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 4.17 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.67 |
| Orbital period | 3.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.117 |
| Inclination | 3.95° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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