(333107) McDonough Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 12 September 2007 by Mt. Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.

Eva C. McDonough (b. 1966) is the Database Administrator for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission. She also supports databases for multiple other missions with data from Mars, Mercury and the Moon.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #8, 16), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where McDonough is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: McDonough is 2.60 au from the Sun and 3.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number333107
Provisional designation2011 US353
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter1.44 km (#17,363 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0410
Absolute magnitude (H)17.86
Orbital period3.49 years
Semi-major axis2.30 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.97 – 2.62 au
Eccentricity0.141
Inclination2.75°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.960 au

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

Also named after someone called Eva

Also discovered on 12 September 2007

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