(33376) Medi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 February 1999 by V. Goretti at Pianoro.
Enrico Medi (1911-1974), a distinguished Italian physicist who studied under Fermi and held university positions in Palermo and Rome, was director of the National Institute of Geophysics, vice president of EURATOM and a great popularizer of scientific knowledge for the sake of humanity.Naming citation (20031110/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Medi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Medi is 2.28 au from the Sun and 2.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33376 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 CZ8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.81 km (#10,996 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0530 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.16 |
| Orbital period | 3.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.119 |
| Inclination | 6.28° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.964 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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