(33537) Doungnga Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 April 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Charuntorn Doungnga (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 Doungnga is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Doungnga is 2.78 au from the Sun and 3.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33537 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 HJ10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.96 km (#6,625 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0530 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.62 |
| Orbital period | 4.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.72 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.56 – 2.89 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0597 |
| Inclination | 0.814° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.57 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 17 April 1999
- (17079) Lavrovsky
- (17938) Tamsendrew
- (31655) Averyclowes
- (31660) Maximiliandu
- (31661) Eggebraaten
- (33528) Jinzeman
- (33534) Meiyamamura
- (33535) Alshaikh
- (33536) Charpugdee
- (33538) Jaredbergen
- (33539) Elenaberman
- (38083) Rhadamanthus