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Intermediate polars (IPs) are cataclysmic variables which contain magnetic white dwarfs with a rotational period shorter than the binary orbital period. Evolutionary theory predicts that IPs with long orbital periods evolve through the 2–3 h period gap, but it is very uncertain what the properties of the resulting objects are. Whilst a relatively large number of long‐period IPs are known, very few of these have short orbital periods. We present phase‐resolved spectroscopy and photometry of SDSS J233325.92+152222.1 (SDSS J2333) and classify it as the IP with the shortest‐known orbital period (83.12 ± 0.09 min), which contains a white dwarf with a relatively long spin period (41.66 ± 0.13 min). We estimate the white dwarf's magnetic moment to be μ WD ≈ 2 × 10 33  G cm 3 , which is not only similar to three of the other four confirmed short‐period IPs but also to those of many of the long‐period IPs. We suggest that long‐period IPs conserve their magnetic moment as they evolve towards shorter orbital periods. Therefore, the dominant population of long‐period IPs, which have white dwarf spin periods roughly 10 times shorter than their orbital periods, will likely end up as short‐period IPs like SDSS J2333, with spin periods a large fraction of their orbital periods.

SDSS J233325.92+152222.1 and the evolution of intermediate polars