(32282) Arnoldmong Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Arnold Mong (b. 1998) is a finalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search , a science competition for high school seniors, for his physics project. He attends the Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-05-21), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Arnoldmong is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Arnoldmong is 3.46 au from the Sun and 4.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32282 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 PS23 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.93 km (#6,652 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0540 |
| Rotation period | 95.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.51 |
| Orbital period | 5.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.14 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.57 – 3.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.181 |
| Inclination | 0.723° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.56 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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