(32381) Bellomo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Vickie Bellomo mentored a finalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Yeshiva University High School of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-04-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bellomo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bellomo is 2.81 au from the Sun and 3.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32381 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QP185 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.10 km (#7,512 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0610 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.67 |
| Orbital period | 4.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.82 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.72 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0335 |
| Inclination | 7.36° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.71 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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Also discovered on 26 August 2000
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