(33898) Kendra Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 29 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Kendra Harrison mentored a finalist in the 2017 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the Roland-Grise Middle School, Wilmington, North Carolina.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Kendra is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kendra is 2.25 au from the Sun and 1.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33898
Provisional designation2000 KQ53
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.44
Orbital period4.28 years
Semi-major axis2.64 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.24 – 3.03 au
Eccentricity0.150
Inclination2.27°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.23 au

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

Also discovered on 29 May 2000

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