(32034) Sophiakorner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Sophia Nicole Korner (b. 1999) was awarded best of category award and first place in the 2015 Intel ISEF for her behavioral and social sciences team project. She also received the Intel Foundation Cultural and Scientific Visit to China Award. She attends the DuPont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-11-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sophiakorner is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sophiakorner is 2.51 au from the Sun and 1.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32034 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JE17 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.49 km (#16,287 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.376 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.16 |
| Orbital period | 3.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.66 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.145 |
| Inclination | 5.13° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.969 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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