(32313) Zhangmichael Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Michael Zhang (b. 1998) is a finalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his bioengineering project. He attends the Conestoga High School, Berwyn, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-04-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zhangmichael is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zhangmichael is 3.47 au from the Sun and 4.32 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32313 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QO39 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.59 km (#7,014 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0700 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.76 |
| Orbital period | 5.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.83 – 3.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.112 |
| Inclination | 1.27° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.82 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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