(33181) Aalokpatwa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Aalok Nital Patwa (b. 2002) is a finalist in the 2016 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for his materials & bioengineering project. He attends the Stratford Middle School, San Jose, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Aalokpatwa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Aalokpatwa is 2.51 au from the Sun and 2.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33181 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FN17 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.76 km (#6,814 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0610 |
| Rotation period | 7.38 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.57 |
| Orbital period | 4.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.70 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.49 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0790 |
| Inclination | 3.19° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.47 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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