(33572) Mandolin Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 10 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Mandolin Harris (b. 1997) was awarded second place in the 2016 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her earth and environmental sciences project. She attends the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts, Hot Springs, Arkansas, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Mandolin is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mandolin is 2.50 au from the Sun and 3.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33572
Provisional designation1999 JF32
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.33 km (#16,546 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.470
Absolute magnitude (H)15.03
Orbital period4.06 years
Semi-major axis2.55 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.40 – 2.69 au
Eccentricity0.0573
Inclination5.00°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.41 au

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

Also discovered on 10 May 1999

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