(7032) Hitchcock Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 November 1994 by Shimizu, Y., Urata, T. at Nachi-Katsuura.
The British-born American movie director and producer Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (1899-1980) was known as “a master of suspense” and “god of the thriller”. His work includes North by Northwest (1959), Psycho (1960) and The Birds (1963).Naming citation (19991123/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hitchcock is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hitchcock is 2.17 au from the Sun and 2.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7032 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 VC2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.81 km (#10,991 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.304 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.92 |
| Orbital period | 3.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.50 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0924 |
| Inclination | 3.30° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.