(32630) Ethanlevy Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 September 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Ethan Zvi Levy (b. 2002) is a finalist in the 2016 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for his medicine and health sciences project. He attends the Aventura Waterways K-8 Center, Miami, Florida.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ethanlevy is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ethanlevy is 2.39 au from the Sun and 2.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32630 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 RZ71 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.37 |
| Orbital period | 3.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.19 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0878 |
| Inclination | 6.02° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.19 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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