(33677) Truell Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Michael Truell (b. 2000) was awarded second place in the 2016 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his robotics and intelligent machines team project. He attends the Horace Mann School, Bronx, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Truell is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Truell is 2.15 au from the Sun and 2.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33677 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 JR102 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 61.9 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.54 |
| Orbital period | 3.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0714 |
| Inclination | 7.17° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.17 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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