(33941) Mouginot Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 June 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Jérémie Mouginot (1982–2022) was a French planetary scientist at the Astrophysics and Planetolgy Institute IPAG (Grenoble, France). He studied the subsurface of Mars and the Moon, and worked on identifying impact craters in Arctic regions on Earth.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 32), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mouginot is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mouginot is 2.07 au from the Sun and 2.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33941 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 LX35 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.54 km (#16,184 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.330 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.04 |
| Orbital period | 3.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.49 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.123 |
| Inclination | 0.611° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.938 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Jeremie
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Also discovered on 1 June 2000
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