(13232) Prabhakar Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Ashwin Prabhakar (b. 2005) was a finalist in the 2019 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students, for his environmental and earth sciences project. He attended the Discovery Middle School, Madison, Alabama.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #1, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Prabhakar is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Prabhakar is 2.61 au from the Sun and 2.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13232 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FM54 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.13 km (#14,873 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.496 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.2 |
| Orbital period | 3.75 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.93 – 2.89 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.198 |
| Inclination | 5.28° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.923 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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