(32260) Schult Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 July 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Carsten Schult (b. 1987) is a German atmospheric physicist who specializes in radar measurements of meteors for atmospheric and astronomical studies at the Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics in Kühlungsborn, Germany.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 16), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Schult is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Schult is 2.67 au from the Sun and 1.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32260 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 OG57 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.65 km (#9,489 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.139 |
| Rotation period | 5.13 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.25 |
| Orbital period | 5.13 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.97 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.67 – 3.28 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.103 |
| Inclination | 9.92° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.67 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Carsten
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Also discovered on 29 July 2000
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