(32596) Cepek Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 August 2001 by M. Tichy at Klet.
Aleš Čepek (b. 1954) is a professor at the Department of Mapping and Cartography, Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague. He is the author of project GNU Gama and the editor-in-chief of Geoinformatics FCE CTU Journal.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2019-12-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cepek is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cepek is 2.43 au from the Sun and 3.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32596 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 QS154 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.4 |
| Orbital period | 3.76 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.138 |
| Inclination | 6.21° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.