(33702) Spencergreen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Spencer S. Green (b. 2004) is a finalist in the 2017 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for his electrical and mechanical engineering project. He attends the Pegasus School, Huntington Beach, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Spencergreen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Spencergreen is 2.38 au from the Sun and 2.62 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33702 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 KD15 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.37 |
| Orbital period | 3.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.148 |
| Inclination | 4.40° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.980 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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