(33886) Lilydeveau Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 28 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Lily Deveau mentored a finalist in the 2017 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the San Diego Jewish Academy, San Diego, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Lilydeveau is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lilydeveau is 2.49 au from the Sun and 1.94 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33886
Provisional designation2000 KU18
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.5
Orbital period4.24 years
Semi-major axis2.62 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.42 – 2.82 au
Eccentricity0.0761
Inclination1.07°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.40 au

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

Also named after someone called Lily

Also discovered on 28 May 2000

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