(32250) Karthik Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 July 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Anjini Karthik (b. 1998) is a finalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search , a science competition for high school seniors, for her materials science project. She attends the St. Francis High School, Mountain View, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-05-21), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Karthik is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Karthik is 2.94 au from the Sun and 3.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32250 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 OF46 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.20 km (#8,642 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.105 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.26 |
| Orbital period | 5.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.08 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.78 – 3.38 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0971 |
| Inclination | 9.34° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.79 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 30 July 2000
- (18132) Spector
- (18912) Kayfurman
- (19774) Diamondback
- (32233) Georgehou
- (32234) Jesslihuang
- (32237) Jagadeesan
- (32242) Jagota
- (34004) Gregorini
- (34039) Torsteinvik
- (34042) Espeseth
- (34044) Obafial
- (34047) Gloria
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- (9454) Ardeishar
- (9458) Beaumont
- (9459) Gracecai
- (9461) Cotingkeh
- (9463) Criscione
- (9465) Fergusonsam
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