(33462) Tophergee Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 March 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Topher Gee mentored a finalist in the 2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Charlotte Latin School, Charlotte, North Carolina.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tophergee is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tophergee is 2.18 au from the Sun and 3.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33462 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 FT31 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.47 km (#14,048 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.147 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.06 |
| Orbital period | 3.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.12 – 2.43 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0674 |
| Inclination | 2.01° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 19 March 1999
- (11203) Danielbetten
- (11206) Bibee
- (11409) Horkheimer
- (15499) Cloyd
- (15500) Anantpatel
- (17030) Sierks
- (17039) Yeuseyenka
- (17040) Almeida
- (17041) Castagna
- (17042) Madiraju
- (17043) Santucci
- (17044) Mubdirahman