(33446) Michaelyang Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 March 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Michael Yang (b. 1998) is a finalist in the 2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his computational biology and bioinformatics project. He attends the Charlotte Latin School, Charlotte, North Carolina.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Michaelyang is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Michaelyang is 2.14 au from the Sun and 3.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33446 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 FU23 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.69 km (#17,281 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.356 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.46 |
| Orbital period | 3.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.93 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.155 |
| Inclination | 3.02° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.918 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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