(33344) Madymesple Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 December 1998 by ODAS at Caussols.
Mady Mesplé (b. 1931) was the leading French soprano between the 1950s and 1970s. She played Lakmé 145 times. She is one of the great dames of French opera.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-11-04), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Madymesple is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Madymesple is 2.53 au from the Sun and 3.31 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33344 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 XN13 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.79 km (#7,887 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0420 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.99 |
| Orbital period | 4.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.67 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 3.24 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.212 |
| Inclination | 5.18° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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