(33202) Davignon Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Aimee Davignon mentored a finalist in the 2016 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the Henry E. Huntington Middle School, San Marino, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Davignon is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Davignon is 2.97 au from the Sun and 2.47 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33202
Provisional designation1998 FY54
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.87
Orbital period5.01 years
Semi-major axis2.93 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.85 – 3.00 au
Eccentricity0.0255
Inclination0.730°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.85 au

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

Also named after someone called Aimee

Also discovered on 20 March 1998

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