(33451) Michaelarney Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 March 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Michael Arney mentored a finalist in the 2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Trinity Preparatory School, Winter Park, Florida.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Michaelarney is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Michaelarney is 2.55 au from the Sun and 2.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33451 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 FL26 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.17 km (#8,691 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0510 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.0 |
| Orbital period | 3.75 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 2.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.114 |
| Inclination | 1.94° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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