(33489) Myungjinkim Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 April 1999 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Myung-Jin Kim (b. 1978) is a senior research scientist at the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute. His research includes the photometric characterization of asteroids, involvement in the Hayabusa2 mission to asteroid (162173) Ryugu, and contributions to the large-scale KMTNet and OWL-Net surveys.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 17), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Myungjinkim is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Myungjinkim is 2.89 au from the Sun and 3.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33489 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 GF9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.97 km (#8,984 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.197 |
| Rotation period | 6.74 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.78 |
| Orbital period | 4.07 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.55 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.20 – 2.90 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.138 |
| Inclination | 14.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.21 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Jin
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