(32105) Plesko Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 May 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Cathy Plesko (b. 1980) is an American planetary scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Her research focuses on planetary defense topics, including impact modeling and asteroid surface responses to different mitigation techniques. Plesko is a member of the DART Investigation Team.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 21), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Plesko is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Plesko is 2.15 au from the Sun and 2.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32105 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 KT52 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.75 km (#15,755 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.147 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.8 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.102 |
| Inclination | 5.46° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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