(32280) Rachelmashal Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Rachel Mashal (b. 1998) is a finalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search , a science competition for high school seniors, for her animal sciences project. She attends the John F. Kennedy High School, Bellmore, New York.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-05-21), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rachelmashal is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rachelmashal is 2.91 au from the Sun and 2.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32280 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 PF17 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.75 |
| Orbital period | 4.87 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.87 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.83 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0158 |
| Inclination | 3.10° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.81 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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