(32052) Diyamathur Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 7 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Diya Mathur (b. 1998) was awarded best of category award and first place in the 2015 Intel ISEF for her behavioral and social sciences team project. She also received the Intel Foundation Cultural and Scientific Visit to China Award. She attends the DuPont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-11-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Diyamathur is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Diyamathur is 2.23 au from the Sun and 2.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number32052
Provisional designation2000 JJ37
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.17
Orbital period3.26 years
Semi-major axis2.20 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.16 – 2.24 au
Eccentricity0.0187
Inclination6.49°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.17 au

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

Also discovered on 7 May 2000

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