(33525) Teresinha Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 April 1999 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Teresinha Rodrigues (b. 1957) is a researcher at the Observatorio Nacional in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). She played a fundamental role in the implementation of outreach programs at the Observatorio Astronomico do Sertão de Itaparica (Brazil) dedicated to the study of small Solar System bodies.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 17), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Teresinha is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Teresinha is 2.23 au from the Sun and 3.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33525 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 GG53 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.98 km (#12,787 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.140 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.77 |
| Orbital period | 3.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0886 |
| Inclination | 5.23° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 11 April 1999
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- (22783) Teng
- (29895) Sarafaggi
- (31647) Beauwigman
- (31648) Pedrosada
- (33490) Roggemans
- (33491) Tonyroman
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