(32144) Humes Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 June 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Oriel Humes (b. 1996) is an American astronomer who completed their Ph.D. at Northern Arizona University in 2023. Their thesis focused on spectral observations of Jupiter Trojans and primitive Main Belt asteroids to investigate their compositions and potential relationships between the populations.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 23), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Humes is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Humes is 3.38 au from the Sun and 4.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32144 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 LA29 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.70 km (#6,876 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0410 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.95 |
| Orbital period | 4.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.76 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 3.38 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.225 |
| Inclination | 6.58° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.