(200020) Cadi Ayyad Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 July 2007 by C. Rinner at Dauban.
The Cadi Ayyad University (UCA) is one of the most important in Morocco. Created in 1978, the UCA has now about 30000 students in four cities. The Oukaimeden Observatory is supported by the UCA Semlalia faculty of sciences.Naming citation (20120406/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cadi Ayyad is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cadi Ayyad is 3.43 au from the Sun and 3.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 200020 |
| Provisional designation | 2007 NQ3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.03 km (#8,893 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0770 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.06 |
| Orbital period | 5.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.89 – 3.50 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0955 |
| Inclination | 17.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.88 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.