(33345) Nataliedessay Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 15 December 1998 by ODAS at Caussols.

Natalie Dessay (b. 1965) is a French soprano and actress. She studied at the conservatoire de Bordeaux and started performing opera professionally in 1992. She retired from opera in 2013, but continues to perform as a theater actress and modern singer.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-12-03), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Nataliedessay is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nataliedessay is 2.96 au from the Sun and 1.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33345
Provisional designation1998 XC14
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Rotation period13.7 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.12
Orbital period4.06 years
Semi-major axis2.55 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.07 – 3.02 au
Eccentricity0.185
Inclination5.17°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.09 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Natalie

Also discovered on 15 December 1998

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