(32438) Wonyonghan Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 September 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Won-Yong Han (b. 1956) was a Korean researcher at the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (Daejeon, South Korea). He contributed to the development of satellite payloads and science missions and was principal investigator of NEOPAT, the first asteroid survey project in Korea.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wonyonghan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wonyonghan is 3.53 au from the Sun and 4.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32438 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 RW98 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.9 km (#4,622 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0780 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.39 |
| Orbital period | 5.74 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.83 – 3.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.118 |
| Inclination | 12.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.85 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Yong
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