(223263) Cheikhoumardia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 March 2003 by M. W. Buie at Kitt Peak.
Cheikh Oumar Dia (b. 1982) is a Senegalese author and US Embassy logistician. He provided critical organizational support for a stellar-occultation expedition in Senegal to support the NASA New Horizons mission as a member of the Economics Section of the Embassy of the United States in Dakar.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #4, 28), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cheikhoumardia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cheikhoumardia is 2.26 au from the Sun and 3.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 223263 |
| Provisional designation | 2003 FR124 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.71 |
| Orbital period | 4.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.79 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.22 – 3.36 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.204 |
| Inclination | 8.20° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.21 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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