(32110) Wendycaldwell Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 May 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Wendy Caldwell (b. 1982) is an American research scientist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. She is a member of the DART Investigation Team and expert in numerical models of impacts. Caldwell has helped to streamline processes for impact modeling and interpretation of the DART results.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wendycaldwell is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wendycaldwell is 2.12 au from the Sun and 1.28 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32110 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 KA73 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 11.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.9 |
| Orbital period | 4.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 3.19 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.206 |
| Inclination | 13.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Wendy
- (5662) Wendycalvin
- (28823) Archibald
- (30111) Wendyslijk
- (35768) Wendybauer
- (45594) Wendyrichard
- (107638) Wendyfreedman
All asteroids named after someone called Wendy
Also discovered on 28 May 2000
- (18092) Reinhold
- (23178) Ghaben
- (23179) Niedermeyer
- (23180) Ryosuke
- (25870) Panchovigil
- (28874) Michaelchen
- (30386) Philipjeffery
- (30388) Nicolejustice
- (30389) Ledoux
- (30396) Annleonard
- (32086) Viviannetu
- (32087) Vemulapalli