(32443) Davidhaack Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 5 September 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.

David Haack (b. 1982) is a German scientist working at Sweden's Luleå University of Technology in Kiruna. He investigated the effect of volatile sublimation on small body surface morphology using laboratory techniques.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Davidhaack is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Davidhaack is 2.55 au from the Sun and 2.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number32443
Provisional designation2000 RD101
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.56 km (#11,504 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.338
Absolute magnitude (H)14.04
Orbital period4.15 years
Semi-major axis2.58 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.23 – 2.94 au
Eccentricity0.137
Inclination15.3°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.28 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called David

Also discovered on 5 September 2000

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