(33604) McChesney Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 10 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Evelyn Grace McChesney (b. 1999) was awarded second place in the 2016 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her biomedical engineering team project. She attends the Breck School, Golden Valley, Minnesota, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where McChesney is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: McChesney is 2.92 au from the Sun and 2.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33604
Provisional designation1999 JW55
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.94
Orbital period5.25 years
Semi-major axis3.02 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.84 – 3.20 au
Eccentricity0.0596
Inclination2.18°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.83 au

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

Also named after someone called Evelyn

Also discovered on 10 May 1999

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