2033 Basilea
asteroid
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Summary
2033 Basilea is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Paul Wild[3]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Zimmerwald Observatory[4]
- Named after: Basel[5]
- Follows: 2032 Ethel[6]
- Followed by: 2034 Bernoulli[7]
- Minor planet group: asteroid belt[8]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[9]
- Provisional designation: 1953 DA[10], 1953 EY[11], 1955 WD[12], 1955 XD[13], 1973 CA[14]
- Time of discovery or invention: February 6, 1973[15]
- Significant event: naming[16]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.11[17], 0.1115723[18], 0.1112498771855516[19]
- Absolute magnitude: 12.9[20], 13.14[21]
- Orbital inclination: 8.46276 degree[22], 8.46394417225531 degree[23]
- Orbital period: 3.32 years[24], 1212.866819608551 day[25]
- Rotation period: 6.5287 hour[26]
- Longitude of ascending node: 321.71481 degree[27], 321.6701076085877 degree[28]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.2253429 astronomical unit[29], 2.225750393873963 astronomical unit[30]
- Apoapsis: 2.474 astronomical unit[31], 2.473364851838135 astronomical unit[32]
- Periapsis: 1.9770561 astronomical unit[33], 1.978135935909792 astronomical unit[34]
- Argument of periapsis: 134.41764 degree[35], 134.9743634330949 degree[36]
- Mean anomaly: 9.89724 degree[37], 1.811542131984656 degree[38]
- Diameter: 5.71 km[39]
- Albedo: 0.419[40]
- Epoch: November 21, 2025[41]
- Time of periapsis: 2460994.3967795996 Julian day[42]
Why It Matters
2033 Basilea is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]