(32087) Vemulapalli Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 28 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Anoop Vemulapalli (b. 1997) was awarded second place in the 2015 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his plant sciences team project. He attends the Plano West Senior High School, Plano, Texas, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-11-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Vemulapalli is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vemulapalli is 2.70 au from the Sun and 1.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number32087
Provisional designation2000 KB25
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.46
Orbital period4.92 years
Semi-major axis2.89 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.64 – 3.15 au
Eccentricity0.0886
Inclination0.886°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.63 au

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

Also discovered on 28 May 2000

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