(32406) Tracyhughes Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Tracy Hughes mentored a finalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Presentation High School, San Jose, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-04-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tracyhughes is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tracyhughes is 2.65 au from the Sun and 3.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32406 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 RE1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.13 |
| Orbital period | 4.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.65 – 2.96 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0541 |
| Inclination | 0.992° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.65 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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