(33599) Mckennaloop Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 10 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

McKenna Kristin Loop (b. 1999) was awarded second place in the 2016 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her energy project. She attends the Arizona College Preparatory- Erie, Chandler, Arizona, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Mckennaloop is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mckennaloop is 2.00 au from the Sun and 2.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33599
Provisional designation1999 JP50
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.86 km (#15,532 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.450
Rotation period7.95 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.6
Orbital period3.39 years
Semi-major axis2.26 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.99 – 2.52 au
Eccentricity0.119
Inclination5.90°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.974 au

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

Also named after someone called Kristin

Also discovered on 10 May 1999

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