(33624) Omersiddiqui Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 12 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Omer Siddiqui (b. 1999) was awarded second place in the 2016 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his math project. He attends the Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills, Michigan, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Omersiddiqui is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Omersiddiqui is 2.00 au from the Sun and 2.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number33624
Provisional designation1999 JP69
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.76
Orbital period3.55 years
Semi-major axis2.33 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.97 – 2.68 au
Eccentricity0.152
Inclination5.56°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.998 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Omer

Also discovered on 12 May 1999

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