(32194) Mahlke Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 July 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Max Mahlke (b. 1992) is a German planetary scientist working on asteroids and meteorites. He designed a novel approach to asteroid taxonomic classification based on spectra and albedo. His method combines the two main taxonomic schemes (Tholen and Bus-DeMeo) into a consistent taxonomy.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 24), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mahlke is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mahlke is 3.02 au from the Sun and 2.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32194 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 NY27 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.99 km (#10,647 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.103 |
| Rotation period | 33.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.41 |
| Orbital period | 5.22 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.01 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.87 – 3.15 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0476 |
| Inclination | 9.85° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.86 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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