(33329) Stefanwan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Stefan Wan (b. 1999) was a finalist in the 2017 Regeneron STS, and was awarded 2nd place at the 2016 ISEF for his engineering project. He attends the Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-07-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Stefanwan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stefanwan is 2.55 au from the Sun and 1.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 33329 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 RY77 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.49 km (#13,997 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.276 |
| Rotation period | 3.45 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.63 |
| Orbital period | 3.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.110 |
| Inclination | 5.26° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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