(32314) Rachelzhang Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Rachel Zhang (b. 1998) is a finalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her mathematics project. She attends the Parkway South High School, Manchester, Missouri.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-04-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rachelzhang is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rachelzhang is 2.77 au from the Sun and 3.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32314 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QO42 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.93 km (#12,913 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.199 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.66 |
| Orbital period | 4.83 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.86 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.72 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0461 |
| Inclination | 1.16° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.74 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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