(10033) Bodewits Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 October 1981 by S. J. Bus at Palomar.
Dennis Bodewits (b. 1979) is a research scientist at the University of Maryland who performs observational studies of the activity and evolution of comets and active asteroids using the Swift gamma-ray burst space observatory.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bodewits is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bodewits is 2.84 au from the Sun and 3.70 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10033 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 UJ23 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.30 km (#6,308 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.234 |
| Rotation period | 11.9 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.04 |
| Orbital period | 5.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.02 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.81 – 3.24 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0714 |
| Inclination | 11.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.79 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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