(33464) Melahudock Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 March 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Melanie L. Hudock mentored a finalist in the 2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Walt Whitman High School, Bethesda, Maryland.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Melahudock is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Melahudock is 2.52 au from the Sun and 3.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33464 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 FN32 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.94 km (#15,382 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.205 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.06 |
| Orbital period | 3.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.92 – 2.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.151 |
| Inclination | 3.71° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.937 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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