(32213) Joshuachoe Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 July 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Joshua Choe (b. 1998) is a finalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search , a science competition for high school seniors, for his cellular and molecular biology project. He attends the St. Mark's School of Texas, Dallas, Texas.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-05-21), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Joshuachoe is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Joshuachoe is 2.96 au from the Sun and 2.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32213 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 OE13 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.53 km (#13,886 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.270 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.66 |
| Orbital period | 4.89 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.88 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.78 – 2.98 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0335 |
| Inclination | 1.21° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.77 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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