(32311) Josephineyu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Josephine Jessica Yu (b. 1998) is a finalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search , a science competition for high school seniors, for her physics project. She attends the Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-05-21), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Josephineyu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Josephineyu is 2.80 au from the Sun and 1.85 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32311 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QA38 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.27 |
| Orbital period | 4.21 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.61 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.36 – 2.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0941 |
| Inclination | 0.965° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.35 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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