(32113) Mikeowen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 May 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Mike Owen (b. 1967) is an American researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and has been long involved in numerical modeling and mission design for planetary defense. He is one of the developers of the Spheral shock physics code that is being used to interpret the outcome of the DART impact.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mikeowen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mikeowen is 2.70 au from the Sun and 2.70 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32113 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 KP73 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.77 km (#9,277 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.133 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.29 |
| Orbital period | 5.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.02 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.70 – 3.34 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.107 |
| Inclination | 9.35° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.70 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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