(32202) Cogswell Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 July 2000 by J. Broughton at Reedy Creek.
Susan Cogswell (b. 1951) was a classmate of the discoverer at Rathvilly primary school in Birmingham, England, in the early 1960s. She showed athletic prowess from an early age and was a rising star of squash in the 1970s, becoming a five-time national champion and the runner-up at the World Open Squash Championships in 1979.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #17, 19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cogswell is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cogswell is 2.78 au from the Sun and 3.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32202 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 OA3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.63 km (#6,042 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0540 |
| Rotation period | 37.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.49 |
| Orbital period | 4.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.77 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.65 – 2.90 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0454 |
| Inclination | 4.46° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.63 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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