(24052) Nguyen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Thuy-Anh Nguyen mentored a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition. She teaches at the Challenger School, Sunnyvale, California.Naming citation (20071026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nguyen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nguyen is 2.24 au from the Sun and 3.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24052 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TC33 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.46 |
| Orbital period | 3.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 2.42 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0379 |
| Inclination | 2.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.23 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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