(32264) Cathjesslai Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Catherine Jessica Yihui Lai (b. 1998) is a finalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search , a science competition for high school seniors, for her medicine and health project. She attends the Brearley School, New York, New York.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-05-21), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cathjesslai is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cathjesslai is 2.27 au from the Sun and 1.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32264 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 PC1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.48 km (#16,296 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.345 |
| Rotation period | 4.58 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.07 |
| Orbital period | 4.18 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.60 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.26 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.130 |
| Inclination | 2.99° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.27 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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