(32037) Deepikakurup Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Deepika Saraswathy Kurup (b. 1998) was awarded second place in the 2015 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental engineering project. She attends the Nashua High School South, Nashua, New Hampshire, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-11-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Deepikakurup is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Deepikakurup is 2.69 au from the Sun and 3.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32037 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JZ21 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.87 km (#10,868 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0470 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.75 |
| Orbital period | 3.81 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.89 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.185 |
| Inclination | 2.25° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.977 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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