(9824) Marylea Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Mary Lea Shane, née Heger (1897-1983), wife of Lick Observatory director C. Donald Shane, was an astronomer in her own right. She identified the interstellar Na I absorption lines and discovered the first of the mysterious diffuse interstellar bands. She also established the Lick Observatory Archives.Naming citation (20001111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Marylea is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Marylea is 2.70 au from the Sun and 2.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9824 |
| Provisional designation | 3033 T-2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.48 km (#9,742 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.257 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.7 |
| Orbital period | 4.87 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.87 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.68 – 3.07 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0665 |
| Inclination | 2.99° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.67 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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