(33137) Strejcek Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 20 February 1998 by Galad, A., Pravda, A. at Modra.

Alfred Strejček (b. 1941) is a Czech actor, moderator, musician, screenwriter, narrator, reciter and professor of artistic rhetoric. His voice is loved by television viewers (usually narrating nature documentaries) and radio listeners (classical music) in the Czech and Slovak Republics.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #11, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Strejcek is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Strejcek is 2.47 au from the Sun and 2.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33137
Provisional designation1998 DO1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.65 km (#15,950 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.330
Absolute magnitude (H)15.0
Orbital period4.09 years
Semi-major axis2.56 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.39 – 2.72 au
Eccentricity0.0645
Inclination4.80°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.40 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Alfred

Also discovered on 20 February 1998

More named asteroids discovered by Galad, A., Pravda, A.