(32063) Pusapaty Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Sai Sameer Pusapaty (b. 1999) was awarded second place in the 2015 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his environmental engineering project. He attends the Liberal Arts and Science Academy, Austin, Texas, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-11-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pusapaty is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pusapaty is 2.71 au from the Sun and 2.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32063 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JF51 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 4.96 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.6 |
| Orbital period | 4.03 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.53 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.35 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0718 |
| Inclination | 5.64° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.34 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Sai
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