(32237) Jagadeesan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 July 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Meena Jagadeesan (b. 1998) is a finalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search , a science competition for high school seniors, for her mathematics project. She attends the Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-05-21), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jagadeesan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jagadeesan is 2.94 au from the Sun and 2.31 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32237 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 OA37 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.93 km (#10,748 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.167 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.38 |
| Orbital period | 5.19 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.00 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.78 – 3.22 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0731 |
| Inclination | 8.79° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.79 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 30 July 2000
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- (18912) Kayfurman
- (19774) Diamondback
- (32233) Georgehou
- (32234) Jesslihuang
- (32242) Jagota
- (32250) Karthik
- (34004) Gregorini
- (34039) Torsteinvik
- (34042) Espeseth
- (34044) Obafial
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