(32379) Markadame Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Mark Adame mentored a finalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the St. Mark's School of Texas, Dallas, Texas.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-04-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Markadame is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Markadame is 2.49 au from the Sun and 3.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32379 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QR177 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.21 |
| Orbital period | 4.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.77 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.49 – 3.06 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.103 |
| Inclination | 3.92° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.49 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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