(33685) Younglove Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Katherine Afton Younglove (b. 1998) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2016 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her chemistry team project. She also received the Intel Foundation Cultural and Scientific Visit to China Award. She attends the Fairview High School, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Younglove is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Younglove is 2.28 au from the Sun and 3.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33685 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 JK120 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.57 km (#13,771 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.200 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.89 |
| Orbital period | 4.04 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.28 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0995 |
| Inclination | 5.24° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.30 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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