(32432) Stansberry Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 September 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
John Stansberry (b. 1962) is an American researcher at the Space Telescope Science Institute (Baltimore, MD). He studies Pluto's and Triton's atmospheres, Io's volcanism, and has contributed to measurements of the diameters and albedos of numerous Centaurs and Kuiper belt objects.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 24), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Stansberry is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stansberry is 3.09 au from the Sun and 3.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32432 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 RT86 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.64 km (#5,310 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0690 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.84 |
| Orbital period | 5.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.93 – 3.44 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0797 |
| Inclination | 4.72° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.95 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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