(33511) Austinwang Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 April 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Han Jie (Austin) Wang (b. 1998) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2016 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his microbiology project. He also received the Gordon E. Moore Award. He attends the David Thompson Secondary School, Vancouver, BC, Canada.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Austinwang is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Austinwang is 2.54 au from the Sun and 1.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33511 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 GW32 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.77 km (#15,710 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.332 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.97 |
| Orbital period | 3.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.23 – 2.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0658 |
| Inclination | 7.23° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.26 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Han
All asteroids named after someone called Han
Also discovered on 12 April 1999
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