(32891) Amatrice Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 February 1994 by V. S. Casulli at Colleverde.
Amatrice is an Italian mountain village located in the region of Latium. The village, world famous for the pasta sauce Amatriciana, was destroyed by the earthquake of 2016 August 24.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-06-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Amatrice is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Amatrice is 2.57 au from the Sun and 3.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32891 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 CE1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.43 km (#11,775 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.248 |
| Rotation period | 11.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.22 |
| Orbital period | 4.06 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.18 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.142 |
| Inclination | 13.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.