(32132) Andrewamini Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 June 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Andrew Ethridge Amini (b. 1998) is a finalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search , a science competition for high school seniors, for his computational biology and bioinformatics project. He attends the Yorktown High School, Yorktown Heights, New York.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-05-21), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Andrewamini is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Andrewamini is 2.62 au from the Sun and 3.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32132 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 LS16 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.84 km (#15,571 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.380 |
| Rotation period | 4.68 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.77 |
| Orbital period | 3.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.91 – 2.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.166 |
| Inclination | 6.88° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.902 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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