(50033) Perelman Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 January 2000 by S. Sposetti at Gnosca.
Grigorij (Grisha) Yakovlevich Perelman (b. 1966) made landmark contributions to Riemannian geometry and geometric topology. In particular, it appears that he has proven the famous Poincaré conjecture. In Aug. 2006 Perelman was awarded the Fields Medal. However, he declined to accept. The name was suggested by P. Venzi.Naming citation (20070106/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Perelman is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Perelman is 2.96 au from the Sun and 2.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 50033 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AF48 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.95 km (#9,009 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0660 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.98 |
| Orbital period | 4.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.77 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.57 – 2.96 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0715 |
| Inclination | 9.87° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.57 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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