(33586) Keeley Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 10 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Charlotte Underwood Keeley (b. 1998) was awarded first place in the 2016 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her plant sciences project. She attends the Ossining High School, Ossining, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Keeley is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Keeley is 2.71 au from the Sun and 2.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33586
Provisional designation1999 JH39
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter6.37 km (#8,421 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0760
Absolute magnitude (H)14.89
Orbital period4.10 years
Semi-major axis2.56 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.30 – 2.82 au
Eccentricity0.101
Inclination6.65°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.29 au

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

Also named after someone called Charlotte

Also discovered on 10 May 1999

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