(32121) Joshuazhou Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 June 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Joshua Zhou (b. 1999) was awarded best of category award and first place in the 2015 Intel ISEF for his earth and environmental sciences project. He also received the Intel Foundation Cultural and Scientific Visit to China Award. He attends the East Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-11-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Joshuazhou is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Joshuazhou is 2.41 au from the Sun and 1.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32121 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 LF9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.35 km (#14,353 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.173 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.19 |
| Orbital period | 3.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.18 – 2.50 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0683 |
| Inclination | 3.57° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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