(33160) Denismukwege Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 February 1998 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Denis Mukwege (b. 1950) is a Congolese gynecologist and director of the Panzi Hospital in Bukavu which he founded in 1999. He specialized in the treatment of thousands of women who had been sexually abused. In 2014 he was awarded the European Sakharov prize for his work.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-07-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Denismukwege is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Denismukwege is 3.09 au from the Sun and 4.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33160 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 DW34 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.20 km (#6,394 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.126 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.66 |
| Orbital period | 4.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.42 – 3.19 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.137 |
| Inclination | 17.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.49 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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