(32163) Claireburch Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 June 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Claire Bernadette Burch (b. 1998) is a finalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search , a science competition for high school seniors, for her space science project. She attends the Mira Loma High School, Sacramento, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-05-21), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Claireburch is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Claireburch is 2.52 au from the Sun and 2.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32163 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 MZ5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.92 km (#12,942 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.182 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.74 |
| Orbital period | 3.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.149 |
| Inclination | 5.14° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.953 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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