(333054) Bloomquist Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 May 2006 by Mt. Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.
Leif Bloomquist (b. 1973) is a Canadian engineer who worked on the OSIRIS-REx mission as part of the OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter (OLA) Instrument Engineer team. He also worked on the Meteorological Station (MET) instrument for the Phoenix Mars Lander and the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) on the International Space Station.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #7, 14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bloomquist is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bloomquist is 2.70 au from the Sun and 3.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 333054 |
| Provisional designation | 2011 SK200 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.41 |
| Orbital period | 4.20 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.60 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.23 – 2.98 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.143 |
| Inclination | 4.82° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.22 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Leif
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Also discovered on 6 May 2006
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