(333514) Kallemeyn Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 July 2005 by Mt. Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.
Pieter Kallemeyn Jr. (b. 1965) is an American engineer. He was the fault protection engineer for Phase B of OSIRIS-REx before moving to the InSight Mars Lander as system design lead/spacecraft team lead. He has worked on many spacecraft to the Moon, Mars, Jupiter and asteroids.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #17, 26), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kallemeyn is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kallemeyn is 1.80 au from the Sun and 0.924 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 333514 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 NP10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.67 |
| Orbital period | 3.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.80 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.217 |
| Inclination | 3.06° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.795 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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