(333561) Plummer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 December 2005 by CSS at Catalina.
Julia Plummer (b. 1994) is an American astromaterials processor at NASA Johnson Space Center for the OSIRIS-REx Mission. She specializes in handling extraterrestrial samples down to the micro scale. Julia designed tools and containers for OSIRIS-REx sample collection.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #11, 15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Plummer is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Plummer is 2.85 au from the Sun and 2.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 333561 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 YP59 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.73 |
| Orbital period | 4.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.78 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.31 – 3.25 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.169 |
| Inclination | 11.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.34 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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