(33940) Morgado Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 June 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Bruno Morgado (b. 1991) is a Brazilian adjunct professor at the Observatório do Valongo, Universidad Federal de Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He specialized in astrometry of Galilean satellites, and stellar occultations by TNOs for the characterization of dwarf planets and Centaurs.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 32), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Morgado is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Morgado is 2.63 au from the Sun and 3.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33940 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 LS35 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.58 km (#8,153 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0450 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.86 |
| Orbital period | 3.85 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.46 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.86 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.164 |
| Inclination | 4.73° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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