(33926) Normand Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 6 June 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.

Jonathan Normand (b. 1979) is a French engineer at the Institute for Celestial Mechanics and Ephemerides Computation, Paris Observatory. He is an active developer of tools for on-line ephemerides computation and the annual ephemerides publication La connaissance des temps.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 32), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Normand is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Normand is 3.04 au from the Sun and 3.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33926
Provisional designation2000 LC27
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.85 km (#10,907 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.328
Absolute magnitude (H)13.76
Orbital period4.09 years
Semi-major axis2.56 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.06 – 3.06 au
Eccentricity0.196
Inclination7.64°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.04 au

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

Also named after someone called Jonathan

Also discovered on 6 June 2000

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