(32070) Michaelretchin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Michael Retchin (b. 1997) was awarded best of category award and first place in the 2015 Intel ISEF for his computational biology and bioinformatics team project. He also received the Intel and Indo-US Science & Technology Forum Visit to India. He attends the Mills E. Godwin High School, Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-11-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Michaelretchin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Michaelretchin is 2.58 au from the Sun and 3.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32070 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JC61 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.62 km (#16,018 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.234 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.74 |
| Orbital period | 3.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.139 |
| Inclination | 4.64° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.946 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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