(32593) Crotty Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 August 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Brendan Joseph Crotty (b. 2002) is a finalist in the 2016 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for his materials & bioengineering project. He is homeschooled in Muskogee, Oklahoma.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Crotty is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Crotty is 2.14 au from the Sun and 1.73 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32593 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 QK138 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.91 km (#15,437 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.276 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.1 |
| Orbital period | 3.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0999 |
| Inclination | 5.13° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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