(32300) Uwamanzunna Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna (b. 1998) is a finalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her engineering project. She attends the Elmont Memorial High School, Elmont, New York.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-06-20), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Uwamanzunna is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Uwamanzunna is 3.26 au from the Sun and 3.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32300 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QL20 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.64 |
| Orbital period | 5.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.06 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.84 – 3.29 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0732 |
| Inclination | 3.73° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.86 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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