(33564) Miriamshira Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Miriam Shira Eisenberg (b. 1998) was awarded second place in the 2016 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her behavioral and social sciences project. She attends the North Shore Hebrew Academy High School, Great Neck, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Miriamshira is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Miriamshira is 2.26 au from the Sun and 3.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33564 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 JP25 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.06 km (#15,068 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.432 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.58 |
| Orbital period | 3.88 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.47 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.25 – 2.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0910 |
| Inclination | 5.29° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.23 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Miriam
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- (11230) Deschaffer
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