(33932) Keane Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 6 June 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.

Jacqueline V. Keane (b. 1973) is an Assistant Astronomer at the Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii whose research interests include the use of ground- and space-based facilities to study the comae and nuclei of comets.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Keane is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Keane is 3.35 au from the Sun and 4.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33932
Provisional designation2000 LZ28
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter9.56 km (#5,373 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0580
Rotation period5.65 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.06
Orbital period5.43 years
Semi-major axis3.09 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.49 – 3.69 au
Eccentricity0.194
Inclination6.05°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.50 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Jacqueline

Also discovered on 6 June 2000

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