(20450) Marymohammed Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Maryam Khadijah Mohammed (b. 1990) is a finalist in the 2004 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her biochemistry, medicine, health, and microbiology project. She attends the C.W. Ruckel Middle School, Niceville, Florida.Naming citation (20041028/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Marymohammed is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Marymohammed is 2.69 au from the Sun and 3.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20450 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 JJ111 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.04 km (#16,996 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.293 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.52 |
| Orbital period | 3.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.160 |
| Inclination | 5.48° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.942 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Maryam
All asteroids named after someone called Maryam
Also discovered on 13 May 1999
- (11417) Chughtai
- (11418) Williamwang
- (11743) Jachowski
- (17130) Alexzhang
- (17147) Mariafields
- (17149) Victoriagraf
- (17151) Zanderhill
- (18012) Marsland
- (18013) Shedletsky
- (18015) Semenkovich
- (18016) Grondahl
- (18019) Dascoli