(32384) Scottbest Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Scott Best mentored a finalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Conestoga High School, Berwyn, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-04-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Scottbest is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Scottbest is 2.48 au from the Sun and 3.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32384 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QQ190 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.05 km (#6,528 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0690 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.43 |
| Orbital period | 4.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.78 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.40 – 3.17 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.138 |
| Inclination | 9.29° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.42 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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