(33198) Mackewicz Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Heather Mackewicz mentored a finalist in the 2016 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the Challenger School, San Jose, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mackewicz is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mackewicz is 2.99 au from the Sun and 2.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33198 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FV52 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.96 km (#8,990 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0600 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.97 |
| Orbital period | 5.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.06 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.76 – 3.36 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0986 |
| Inclination | 1.84° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.75 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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