(333110) Lupe Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 2 September 2007 by Mt. Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.

Guadalupe “Lupe” Cota Collins (1935–1989) was the mother of Rosie Cope, an Executive Assistant for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission. She was one of eight siblings born in Mexico and the only one to come to the United States. She was strong, independent, funny, loving, with an adventurous heart.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #8, 16), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Lupe is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lupe is 2.65 au from the Sun and 2.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number333110
Provisional designation2011 UZ384
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)17.06
Orbital period3.61 years
Semi-major axis2.36 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.01 – 2.70 au
Eccentricity0.147
Inclination5.52°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.992 au

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

Also discovered on 2 September 2007

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