(291824) Cami Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 May 2006 by P. A. Wiegert at Mauna Kea.
Jan Lieven Jo Cami (b. 1972) is a Belgian-Canadian astronomer who studies evolved stars, interstellar matter and astrochemistry. Cami completed his PhD at the University of Amsterdam. He is Director of the Hume Cronyn Observatory, and he won the Qilak Award from the Canadian Astronomical Society in 2019. He is one of the co-discoverers of fullerenes in space.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #5, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cami is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cami is 2.49 au from the Sun and 1.79 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 291824 |
| Provisional designation | 2006 KH133 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.9 |
| Orbital period | 3.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.30 – 2.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0436 |
| Inclination | 6.73° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.29 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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