(33255) Kathybush Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kathy Bush mentored a finalist in the 2016 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the John Curtis Christian School, River Ridge, Louisiana.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kathybush is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kathybush is 2.70 au from the Sun and 3.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33255 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HB32 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.36 |
| Orbital period | 5.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.69 – 3.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.161 |
| Inclination | 8.55° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.69 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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