(33290) Carloszuluaga Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 May 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Carlos A. Zuluaga (b. 1982) is a Senior Research Support Associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA). His work includes photometry and astrometry of Pluto and other trans-Neptunian bodies, particularly to predict and analyze stellar occultation observations.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 17), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Carloszuluaga is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Carloszuluaga is 2.89 au from the Sun and 3.43 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33290 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 KZ7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 15.5 km (#3,025 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0380 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.84 |
| Orbital period | 5.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.72 – 3.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.138 |
| Inclination | 17.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.76 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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