(32191) Bensharkey Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 July 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Benjamin N. L. Sharkey (b. 1994) is an American astronomer at the University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) who specializes in reflectance spectroscopy of primitive asteroids and outer Solar System irregular satellites.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 23), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bensharkey is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bensharkey is 2.58 au from the Sun and 2.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32191 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 NZ26 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.39 km (#5,488 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0240 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.35 |
| Orbital period | 4.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.66 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.49 – 2.82 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0622 |
| Inclination | 0.856° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.48 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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