(32091) Jasonwu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jason Wu (b. 1999) was awarded second place in the 2015 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his biomedical and health sciences project. He attends the Cranbrook Kingswood School, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-11-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jasonwu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jasonwu is 2.54 au from the Sun and 2.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32091 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 KE30 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.13 km (#16,878 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.427 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.3 |
| Orbital period | 3.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.111 |
| Inclination | 1.54° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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