(42177) Bolin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 February 2001 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Bryce T. Bolin (b. 1986) is a postdoctoral researcher at the California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California, United States of America) whose observational and numerical studies focus on mini moons, asteroid families, active asteroids, near-Earth objects, and interstellar objects.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 23), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Bolin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bolin is 1.98 au from the Sun and 0.996 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 42177 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 CL22 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.45 |
| Orbital period | 3.83 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.45 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.94 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.200 |
| Inclination | 3.95° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.958 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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