(32614) Hacegarcia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 August 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Joaquin Hace Garcia (b. 2002) is a finalist in the 2016 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for his electrical and mechanical engineering project. He attends the Santa Gertrudis School, Kingsville, Texas.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hacegarcia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hacegarcia is 2.53 au from the Sun and 2.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32614 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 QY266 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.79 km (#15,680 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.188 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.69 |
| Orbital period | 3.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.19 – 2.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0782 |
| Inclination | 7.32° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.22 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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