(32066) Ramayya Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Shreya Sundaresh Ramayya (b. 1997) was awarded first place in the 2015 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her chemistry project. She attends the Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Rolling Hills Estates, California, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-11-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ramayya is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ramayya is 2.45 au from the Sun and 1.60 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32066 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JK52 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.32 km (#16,574 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.571 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.07 |
| Orbital period | 3.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.19 – 2.45 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0555 |
| Inclination | 7.36° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.19 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Shreya
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Also discovered on 9 May 2000
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- (30374) Bobbiehinson
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- (32033) Arjunkapoor
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- (32063) Pusapaty
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