(32150) Crumpton Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 June 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
New Zealand Reverend Ian Spencer Crumpton (1940–2022) was the president of the Canterbury Astronomical Society and helped establish the Cameras for All-sky Meteor Surveillance (CAMS) New Zealand network for mapping meteor showers in the southern hemisphere. He built and supported the West Melton CAMS station.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 23), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Crumpton is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Crumpton is 2.30 au from the Sun and 1.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32150 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 LJ31 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.93 km (#5,142 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0710 |
| Rotation period | 105 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.79 |
| Orbital period | 5.20 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.00 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.29 – 3.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.236 |
| Inclination | 5.65° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.29 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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