(32207) Mairepercy Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 28 July 2000 by Collins, M., Gahran, M. at Anza.

Maire Percy (b. 1939) conducts research at the University of Toronto in risk factors for human disease. She identifies factors that could lead to the cure or prevention of human disorders, including diabetes, Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer-like dementia in Down Syndrome. She is the wife of astronomer John R. Percy.Naming citation (20060613/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Mairepercy is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mairepercy is 2.82 au from the Sun and 3.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number32207
Provisional designation2000 OQ7
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.64
Orbital period4.43 years
Semi-major axis2.70 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.55 – 2.84 au
Eccentricity0.0545
Inclination2.12°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.56 au

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

Also discovered on 28 July 2000

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