(33875) Laurencooney Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Lauren Cooney mentored a finalist in the 2017 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the BASIS Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Laurencooney is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Laurencooney is 2.49 au from the Sun and 3.10 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33875 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JY54 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.75 km (#17,251 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.529 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.62 |
| Orbital period | 3.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 2.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.120 |
| Inclination | 7.20° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.987 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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