(32262) Marinferrais Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 July 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Marin Ferrais (b. 1993) is a Belgian post-doctoral associate at the Arecibo Observatory. He obtained his Ph.D. from at the Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille in France working on shape modeling of large main-belt asteroids observed by Sphere.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 24), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Marinferrais is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Marinferrais is 2.93 au from the Sun and 2.43 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32262 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 OA60 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 10.1 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.4 |
| Orbital period | 4.13 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.21 – 2.94 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.142 |
| Inclination | 1.65° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.20 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Marin
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Also discovered on 29 July 2000
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