(32603) Ariaeppinger Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 August 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Aria Rosalee Eppinger (b. 2001) is a finalist in the 2016 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for her medicine and health sciences project. She attends the Winchester Thurston School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ariaeppinger is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ariaeppinger is 2.74 au from the Sun and 1.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32603 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 QL199 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.35 km (#9,961 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.155 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.38 |
| Orbital period | 5.09 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.96 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.73 – 3.19 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0783 |
| Inclination | 8.59° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.73 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 22 August 2001
- (32593) Crotty
- (34746) Thoon
- (34766) Everettkroll
- (82896) Vaubaillon
- (109435) Giraud
- (124398) Iraklisimonia