(33605) McCue Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Madeline Chawla McCue (b. 1998) 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 McCue is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: McCue is 2.31 au from the Sun and 1.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33605 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 JD56 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 46.3 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.59 |
| Orbital period | 3.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.17 – 2.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0786 |
| Inclination | 6.24° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.19 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Madeline
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- (11228) Botnick
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- (11230) Deschaffer
- (11231) Schiavo
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- (11414) Allanchu
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