(33270) Katiecrysup Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kathrine Crysup-Sikes mentored a finalist in the 2016 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the Seashore Middle Academy, Corpus Christi, Texas.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-09-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Katiecrysup is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Katiecrysup is 2.74 au from the Sun and 2.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33270 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HJ99 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.60 km (#5,352 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0400 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.14 |
| Orbital period | 5.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.08 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 3.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.138 |
| Inclination | 3.22° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.64 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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