(32428) Peterlangley Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Peter Langley mentored a finalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-04-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Peterlangley is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Peterlangley is 2.38 au from the Sun and 3.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32428 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 RC75 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.21 km (#16,760 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.396 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.11 |
| Orbital period | 3.92 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.48 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.27 – 2.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0861 |
| Inclination | 6.75° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.28 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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