(32044) Lakmazaheri Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 7 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Ava Carmen Lakmazaheri (b. 1998) was awarded best of category award and first place in the 2015 Intel ISEF for her robotics and intelligent machines project. She also received the Philip V. Streich Memorial Award. She attends the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-11-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Lakmazaheri is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lakmazaheri is 2.72 au from the Sun and 3.32 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number32044
Provisional designation2000 JB28
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.59 km (#16,086 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.240
Absolute magnitude (H)15.44
Orbital period3.43 years
Semi-major axis2.28 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.83 – 2.72 au
Eccentricity0.197
Inclination3.20°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.814 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 7 May 2000

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