(33524) Rousselot Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 April 1999 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Philippe Rousselot (b. 1967) is a French professor at the Besançon Observatory in France. He is a specialist in visible and near-infrared photometry and spectroscopy of active small bodies, including comets, Centaurs, and active asteroids.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 30), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rousselot is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rousselot is 2.89 au from the Sun and 3.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33524 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 GM48 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.32 km (#14,419 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.257 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.7 |
| Orbital period | 4.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.76 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.54 – 2.98 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0792 |
| Inclination | 2.62° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.53 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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