(32093) Zhengyan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Zheng Yan (b. 1997) was awarded second place in the 2015 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his biomedical and health sciences project. He attends the Brookfield Central High School, Brookfield, Wisconsin, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-11-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zhengyan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zhengyan is 2.54 au from the Sun and 1.88 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32093 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 KQ31 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.42 km (#14,186 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0790 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.76 |
| Orbital period | 3.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.120 |
| Inclination | 2.13° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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