(32152) Hyland Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 3 June 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.

Méabh G. Hyland (b. 1992) is an Irish astronomer. She studied the compositions of multiple comets through ground-based spectroscopic observations. For this research she received her Ph.D. from Queen's University Belfast (Northern Ireland) in 2019.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 23), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Hyland is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hyland is 2.67 au from the Sun and 1.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number32152
Provisional designation2000 LK34
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter8.23 km (#6,372 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0490
Absolute magnitude (H)14.54
Orbital period5.15 years
Semi-major axis2.98 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.31 – 3.66 au
Eccentricity0.227
Inclination6.60°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.30 au

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

Also discovered on 3 June 2000

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