(32281) Shreyamenon Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Shreya Menon (b. 1998) is a finalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her cellular and molecular biology project. She attends the Skyline High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-04-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shreyamenon is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shreyamenon is 2.80 au from the Sun and 2.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32281 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 PP21 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 13.2 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.06 |
| Orbital period | 5.26 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.03 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.77 – 3.28 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0855 |
| Inclination | 1.45° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.75 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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