(33499) Stanton Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 15 April 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Jeremy Stanton mentored a finalist in the 2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School, Jersey City, New Jersey.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Stanton is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stanton is 2.32 au from the Sun and 2.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33499
Provisional designation1999 GN19
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.57
Orbital period3.36 years
Semi-major axis2.24 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.01 – 2.48 au
Eccentricity0.105
Inclination3.56°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.02 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Jeremy

Also discovered on 15 April 1999

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