(33625) Slepyan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Ariel Slepyan (b. 1998) was awarded second place in the 2016 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his microbiology project. He attends the George W. Hewlett High School, Hewlett, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Slepyan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Slepyan is 2.42 au from the Sun and 1.73 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33625 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 JP70 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.12 km (#16,885 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.247 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.51 |
| Orbital period | 3.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.22 – 2.50 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0587 |
| Inclination | 3.97° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.23 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Ariel
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