(32013) Elkekersten Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 April 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Elke Kersten (b. 1985) is a German cartographer of planetary surfaces working at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Berlin. She developed map products of Vesta and Ceres as one of the key data products from the Dawn mission.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 21), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Elkekersten is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Elkekersten is 2.08 au from the Sun and 2.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32013 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HJ57 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.92 |
| Orbital period | 3.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.147 |
| Inclination | 6.28° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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