(32619) Lynnsawyer Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 24 August 2001 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.

Lynn Sawyer (b. 1961) is the Philanthropy Assistant at Lowell Observatory located in the USA. She handles all of the donations and efficiently enters the data into Lowell's donor management software. She also provides general administrative support to the Philanthropy Department.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #13, 16), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Lynnsawyer is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lynnsawyer is 2.58 au from the Sun and 3.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number32619
Provisional designation2001 QC295
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.98
Orbital period3.84 years
Semi-major axis2.45 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.04 – 2.86 au
Eccentricity0.167
Inclination5.98°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.03 au

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

Also named after someone called Lynn

Also discovered on 24 August 2001

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