(33912) Melissanoland Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 June 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Melissa Noland mentored a finalist in the 2017 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the Krystal School of Science, Math, and Technology, Hesperia, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Melissanoland is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Melissanoland is 2.70 au from the Sun and 3.10 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33912 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 LV13 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.85 km (#15,547 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.313 |
| Rotation period | 25.1 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.53 |
| Orbital period | 3.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.90 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.176 |
| Inclination | 6.75° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.882 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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