(33501) Juliethompson Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 April 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Julie Thompson mentored a finalist in the 2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the William P. Clements High School, Sugar Land, Texas.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Juliethompson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Juliethompson is 2.03 au from the Sun and 2.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33501 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 GJ20 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.03 km (#12,652 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.172 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.74 |
| Orbital period | 3.87 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.47 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.178 |
| Inclination | 4.35° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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