(32233) Georgehou Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 July 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
George Hou (b. 1998) is a finalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search , a science competition for high school seniors, for his mathematics project. He attends the Arcadia High School, Arcadia, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-05-21), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Georgehou is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Georgehou is 3.04 au from the Sun and 3.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32233 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 OZ29 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 4.78 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.3 |
| Orbital period | 5.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.05 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.68 – 3.42 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.121 |
| Inclination | 8.46° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.69 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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