(33103) Pintar Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 December 1997 by R. A. Tucker at Goodricke-Pigott.
James Anthony Pintar (b. 1947) is a U.S. physicist and data and software expert who moved from managing a seismic exploration group seeking petroleum to managing the data-processing and analysis group of the worldwide GONG network of helioseismic telescopes seeking knowledge of the solar interior.Naming citation (20030806/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pintar is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pintar is 2.13 au from the Sun and 1.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33103 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 YA12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.16 km (#14,816 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.249 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.76 |
| Orbital period | 3.76 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.152 |
| Inclination | 8.44° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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