(70714) Rizk Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 October 1999 by CSS at Catalina.
Bashar Rizk (b. 1959) is the Instrument Scientist for the OSIRIS-REx Camera Suite (OCAMS). He was also a Co-Investigator, Image Team Leader, Senior Data Analyst, and Systems and Calibration Engineer for the Descent Imager Spectral Radiometer (DISR) instrument that took the first images of the surface of Titan.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-01-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rizk is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rizk is 2.79 au from the Sun and 3.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 70714 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 UX47 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.37 |
| Orbital period | 4.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.48 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0589 |
| Inclination | 7.10° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.47 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 30 October 1999
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