(33058) Kovarik Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 October 1997 by Pravec, P., Sarounova, L. at Ondrejov.
Oton Kovařík (b. 1928), Czech actor, orator and painter, is now living in California with his wife Dáša, also an actress. The Kovaříks have propagated European culture and helped to maintain European cultural traditions among immigrants in California, by public recitals of poems and by art exhibitions.Naming citation (20020624/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kovarik is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kovarik is 2.08 au from the Sun and 3.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33058 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 UP20 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.80 km (#15,664 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0680 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.96 |
| Orbital period | 3.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.101 |
| Inclination | 6.33° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.