(32146) Paigebrown Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 June 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Paige Brown (b. 1998) is a finalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search , a science competition for high school seniors, for her environmental science project. She attends the Bangor High School, Bangor, Maine.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-05-21), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Paigebrown is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Paigebrown is 2.06 au from the Sun and 1.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32146 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 LF30 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.04 km (#12,633 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.206 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.71 |
| Orbital period | 3.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.131 |
| Inclination | 7.09° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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