(33014) Kalinich Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 March 1997 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Adam Orval Kalinich (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for his mathematics project. He attends the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, Aurora, Illinois.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kalinich is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kalinich is 3.32 au from the Sun and 3.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33014 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 FE4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.49 km (#6,155 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0290 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.19 |
| Orbital period | 5.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.13 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.80 – 3.45 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.104 |
| Inclination | 2.46° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.81 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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