(333065) Zeszut Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 13 September 2007 by Mt. Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.

Zoe Zeszut (b. 1993) was an Operations Engineer for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission and has also worked with the mission's Science Planning Team. She studied at Case Western Reserve University and collaborated with NASA Glenn Research Center on meteorite and asteroid regolith research.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #8, 15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Zeszut is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zeszut is 2.05 au from the Sun and 1.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number333065
Provisional designation2011 UX17
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)17.56
Orbital period3.64 years
Semi-major axis2.37 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.04 – 2.69 au
Eccentricity0.137
Inclination1.89°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.06 au

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

Also named after someone called Zoe

Also discovered on 13 September 2007

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