(32563) Nicolezaidi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 August 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Nicole Zaidi mentored a finalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Arcadia High School, Arcadia, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-04-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nicolezaidi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nicolezaidi is 2.68 au from the Sun and 1.70 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32563 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 QA53 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.88 |
| Orbital period | 4.91 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.89 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.64 – 3.14 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0868 |
| Inclination | 3.35° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.65 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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