(32109) Brucksyal Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 May 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Megan Bruck Syal (b. 1983) is an American research scientist and group lead for planetary defense at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. She is an expert in the numerical modeling of impacts and a member of the Deep Impact/EPOXI and DART Investigation teams.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Brucksyal is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Brucksyal is 2.06 au from the Sun and 2.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32109 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 KQ70 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.74 km (#11,142 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0650 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.89 |
| Orbital period | 3.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.170 |
| Inclination | 4.52° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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