(33529) Henden Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 19 April 1999 by C. W. Juels at Fountain Hills.

Arne A. Henden (b. 1950) coauthored Astronomical Photometry in 1982. He is currently director of the American Association of Variable Star Observers, and he served on the staff of the U.S. Naval Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, from 1993 to 2005.Naming citation (20050919/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Henden is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Henden is 2.41 au from the Sun and 1.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33529
Provisional designation1999 HA1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.12 km (#12,457 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.125
Absolute magnitude (H)14.69
Orbital period3.76 years
Semi-major axis2.42 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.02 – 2.81 au
Eccentricity0.165
Inclination4.96°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.01 au

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

Also named after someone called Arne

Also discovered on 19 April 1999

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