(33937) Raphaelmarschall Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 June 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Raphael Marschall (b. 1987) is a Research Scholar at the Southwest Research Institute whose studies include modeling the gas and dust emission from cometary nuclei and interpretation of a complementary set of observations of comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko acquired by the Rosetta mission.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Raphaelmarschall is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Raphaelmarschall is 2.43 au from the Sun and 2.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33937 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 LZ31 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.68 km (#5,290 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0680 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.84 |
| Orbital period | 4.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.69 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.12 – 3.26 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.213 |
| Inclination | 10.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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