(32308) Sreyavemuri Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 26 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Sreya Vemuri (b. 1998) is a finalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her physics project. She attends the Carmel High School, Carmel, Indiana.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-04-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Sreyavemuri is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sreyavemuri is 2.40 au from the Sun and 1.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number32308
Provisional designation2000 QZ31
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.04 km (#12,646 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.172
Absolute magnitude (H)14.79
Orbital period4.28 years
Semi-major axis2.64 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.28 – 2.99 au
Eccentricity0.135
Inclination8.38°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.31 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 26 August 2000

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