(33536) Charpugdee Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 17 April 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Runglawan Charpugdee (b. 1998) was awarded second place in the 2016 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her animal sciences team project. She attends the Damrongratsongkroh School, Chiang Rai, Thailand.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Charpugdee is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Charpugdee is 2.56 au from the Sun and 2.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33536
Provisional designation1999 HU9
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.46 km (#9,780 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0590
Absolute magnitude (H)15.39
Orbital period3.73 years
Semi-major axis2.40 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.21 – 2.60 au
Eccentricity0.0828
Inclination3.46°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.22 au

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

Also discovered on 17 April 1999

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