(32387) D'Egidio Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Michael D'Egidio mentored a finalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Oxbridge Academy of the Palm Beaches, West Palm Beach, Florida.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-04-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where D'Egidio is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: D'Egidio is 3.57 au from the Sun and 4.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32387 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QR193 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.06 km (#7,566 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0810 |
| Rotation period | 116 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.2 |
| Orbital period | 5.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.76 – 3.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.132 |
| Inclination | 5.94° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.77 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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