(33288) Shixian Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 May 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Xian Shi (b. 1983) of the Max-Planck Institute (Göttingen) analyzed image data of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko taken by the OSIRIS camera system of the Rosetta mission to discover sunset and sunrise jets as well as the ejection of meter-size boulders by the local gas flow on the comet.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 17), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shixian is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shixian is 3.05 au from the Sun and 3.61 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33288 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 KL4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.0 km (#5,085 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0770 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.46 |
| Orbital period | 5.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.90 – 3.40 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0802 |
| Inclination | 21.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.91 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 22 May 1998
- (9466) Shishir
- (11187) Richoliver
- (11730) Yanhua
- (11735) Isabellecohen
- (12104) Chesley
- (12106) Menghuan
- (12107) Reneebarcia
- (12108) Jamesaustin
- (12529) Reighard
- (12530) Richardson
- (12860) Turney
- (12861) Wacker