The scientist also included the solar system diagram below to his Facebook post, which indicates the asteroid named after him. The image resembles the diagrams drawn during the Renaissance period.
“Asteroid formerly known as (5515) 1989 EL1 will henceforth be known as asteroid ‘Naderi’,” he added.
“It will be going around the Sun for billions of years after I am gone,” the scientist also said.
According to Naderi, the asteroid is about 10 kilometers in diameter and orbits the Sun every 4.4 years.
It rotates around itself every 5.2 hours and orbits in the Main Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter, added Naderi.
Saying that the asteroid is not an Earth-crosser, he added that its orbit is a little more eccentric than most asteroids in the main belt.
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