(333608) Michaelkaye Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 May 2007 by Mt. Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.
Michael Kaye (b. 1988) is an American systems engineer who was a spacecraft technician at Lockheed Martin involved in OSIRIS-REx spacecraft assembly. He was one of the recovery specialists who recovered the OSIRIS-REx capsule and opened the science canister at Johnson Space Center.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #2, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Michaelkaye is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Michaelkaye is 3.02 au from the Sun and 3.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 333608 |
| Provisional designation | 2007 LA3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.16 |
| Orbital period | 5.12 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.97 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 3.28 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.103 |
| Inclination | 11.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.69 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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