(33264) Maryrogers Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Mary Rogers mentored a finalist in the 2016 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at St. John the Evangelist, Severna Park, Maryland.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Maryrogers is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Maryrogers is 2.82 au from the Sun and 3.79 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33264 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HM56 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.80 km (#6,776 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0610 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.53 |
| Orbital period | 5.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.81 – 3.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.116 |
| Inclination | 2.30° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.80 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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