(33614) Meganploch Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 10 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Megan Coral Ploch (b. 1999) was awarded second place in the 2016 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental engineering project. She attends the Pelham Memorial High School, Pelham, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Meganploch is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Meganploch is 2.63 au from the Sun and 3.10 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33614
Provisional designation1999 JS63
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Rotation period11.7 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.51
Orbital period4.52 years
Semi-major axis2.73 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.59 – 2.88 au
Eccentricity0.0528
Inclination5.93°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.59 au

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

Also named after someone called Megan

Also discovered on 10 May 1999

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