(33892) Meligingrich Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Melissa Gingrich mentored a finalist in the 2017 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the Cambridge School, San Diego, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Meligingrich is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Meligingrich is 3.18 au from the Sun and 3.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33892 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 KP25 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.75 km (#15,757 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.256 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.17 |
| Orbital period | 4.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.42 – 3.19 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.137 |
| Inclination | 8.36° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.42 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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