(32584) Michaelcollins Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 August 2001 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Michael Collins (b. 1957) is an Electronics Specialist and longtime occultation chaser at Lowell Observatory, USA. He joined Lowell after a 30-plus year career in the electronics industry and has been a key multidisciplinary member of the observatory covering all aspects of astronomical instrumentation.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #13, 16), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Michaelcollins is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Michaelcollins is 2.84 au from the Sun and 3.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32584 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 QW105 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.03 km (#15,130 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.277 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.86 |
| Orbital period | 4.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.66 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.48 – 2.84 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0689 |
| Inclination | 21.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.56 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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