(32487) Eschrig Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 October 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Jolantha Eschrig (b. 1995) is a German planetary scientist working on the petrography, asteroidal processes and the spectral properties of meteorites. She is particularly interested in the reflectance properties and possible parent bodies of primitive carbonaceous and ordinary chondrites.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 26), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Eschrig is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Eschrig is 2.73 au from the Sun and 1.85 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32487 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 TM61 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.39 km (#9,893 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.291 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.75 |
| Orbital period | 5.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.02 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.65 – 3.40 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.123 |
| Inclination | 12.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.69 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 2 October 2000
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