(333057) Bowles Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 September 2007 by Mt. Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.
Neil Bowles (b. 1970) is a British meteoriticist and a Planetary Scientist at the University of Oxford. He is a member of the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission science team. He has also worked on space missions to explore the Moon, Mars and Saturn.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #7, 14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bowles is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bowles is 2.86 au from the Sun and 3.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 333057 |
| Provisional designation | 2011 SO234 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.91 |
| Orbital period | 4.19 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.60 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.27 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.126 |
| Inclination | 13.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.33 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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