(32449) Crystalmiller Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 23 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Crystal Miller mentored a finalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Hathaway Brown School, Shaker Heights, Ohio.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-04-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Crystalmiller is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Crystalmiller is 2.12 au from the Sun and 2.83 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number32449
Provisional designation2000 SR16
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.43 km (#16,407 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.475
Absolute magnitude (H)14.87
Orbital period3.50 years
Semi-major axis2.31 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.03 – 2.58 au
Eccentricity0.120
Inclination8.90°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.05 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Crystal

Also discovered on 23 September 2000

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