(33799) Myra Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 October 1999 by C. W. Juels at Fountain Hills.
Myra J. Halpin (b. 1946) was a finalist in both NASA's Teacher in Space (1985) and Educator Astronaut Teacher (2004) competitions. She has taught science at the high school and college level since 1969 and in July 2005 was appointed Dean of Sciences at North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics.Naming citation (20050919/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Myra is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Myra is 3.16 au from the Sun and 3.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33799 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 UV2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.87 km (#13,071 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.271 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.24 |
| Orbital period | 4.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.63 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 3.24 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.229 |
| Inclination | 7.16° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.