(32279) Marshall Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Nathan Charles Marshall (b. 1998) is a finalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his earth and planetary science project. He attends the Boise High School, Boise, Idaho.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-09-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Marshall is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Marshall is 2.64 au from the Sun and 2.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32279 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 PX16 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.85 |
| Orbital period | 4.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.65 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.46 – 2.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0741 |
| Inclination | 3.53° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.47 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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