(32604) Meganmansfield Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 August 2001 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Megan Mansfield (b. 1994) is an American astronomer. She is a NASA Hubble and Sagan Fellow at the University of Arizona Steward Observatory, whose research interests have spanned volatile transport on Pluto to hot Jupiters as Venus analogues.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 27), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Meganmansfield is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Meganmansfield is 2.78 au from the Sun and 3.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32604 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 QP212 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.43 |
| Orbital period | 3.80 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.198 |
| Inclination | 1.53° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.939 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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