(30533) Saeidzoonemat Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 16 July 2001 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.

Saeid Zoonemat Kermani (b. 1962) is a software engineer at Lowell Observatory. He has developed all of the instrument user interface software and much of the instrument control software for Lowell's Discovery Channel Telescope. His software is also used in airborne work with HIPO on SOFIA.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Saeidzoonemat is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Saeidzoonemat is 2.83 au from the Sun and 3.62 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number30533
Provisional designation2001 OV4
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.21 km (#16,753 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.329
Absolute magnitude (H)15.35
Orbital period3.73 years
Semi-major axis2.41 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.97 – 2.85 au
Eccentricity0.183
Inclination2.47°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.976 au

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

Also discovered on 16 July 2001

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