(32400) Itaparica Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 August 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
The Observatório Astronômico do Sertão de Itaparica (OASI) is located in Itacuruba (PE) and is dedicated to the study of small Solar System studies. Its 1-m telescope, in operation since 2011, is the largest one in the northeastern region of Brazil.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 16), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Itaparica is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Itaparica is 2.95 au from the Sun and 3.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32400 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QK220 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.01 km (#7,631 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0430 |
| Rotation period | 6.58 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.77 |
| Orbital period | 5.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.08 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.87 – 3.29 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0674 |
| Inclination | 10.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.86 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.