(362316) Dogora Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 November 2009 by J.-C. Merlin at Nogales.
In 1996 French composer Etienne Perruchon (b. 1958) composed his first Dogorian songs in an imaginary language. In 2000, he created a popular work for mixed choir, children's choir and orchestra inspired by his Dogorian songs. The action of this drama had been transposed into Dogora, an imaginary central European country.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-11-14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dogora is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dogora is 3.66 au from the Sun and 4.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 362316 |
| Provisional designation | 2009 VT44 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.15 km (#14,838 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0370 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.97 |
| Orbital period | 5.14 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.98 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.26 – 3.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.241 |
| Inclination | 8.25° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.26 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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