(33498) Juliesmith Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 April 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Julie Smith mentored a finalist in the 2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Greenhills School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Juliesmith is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Juliesmith is 2.45 au from the Sun and 1.87 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33498 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 GG19 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.60 km (#11,426 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.145 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.19 |
| Orbital period | 3.74 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.26 – 2.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0611 |
| Inclination | 8.44° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.27 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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