(32242) Jagota Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 July 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Milind Jagota (b. 1998) is a finalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search , a science competition for high school seniors, for his materials science project. He attends the Liberty High School, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-05-21), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jagota is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jagota is 2.48 au from the Sun and 1.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32242 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 OE40 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.40 km (#16,458 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.370 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.17 |
| Orbital period | 3.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 2.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.103 |
| Inclination | 7.54° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 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
- (32237) Jagadeesan
- (32250) Karthik
- (34004) Gregorini
- (34039) Torsteinvik
- (34042) Espeseth
- (34044) Obafial
- (34047) Gloria