(33750) Davehiggins Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 September 1999 by C. W. Juels at Fountain Hills.
Australian business analyst and amateur astronomer David J. Higgins (b. 1961) operates Hunters Hill Observatory in Canberra. He has been a regular contributor of NEA and comet observations as well as minor planet light curve data since June 2002. He obtained his first minor planet designation on his birthday in 2004.Naming citation (20041126/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Davehiggins is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Davehiggins is 3.59 au from the Sun and 2.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33750 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RD2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.7 km (#4,196 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0830 |
| Rotation period | 8.83 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.75 |
| Orbital period | 4.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.79 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.91 – 3.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.317 |
| Inclination | 32.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.