(33217) Bonnybasu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Bonny Basu mentored a finalist in the 2016 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the Challenger School, Shawnee, San Jose, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bonnybasu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bonnybasu is 3.10 au from the Sun and 2.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33217 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FJ97 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.36 km (#11,930 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.161 |
| Rotation period | 2.79 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.39 |
| Orbital period | 5.20 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.00 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.78 – 3.23 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0747 |
| Inclination | 8.86° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.77 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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