(32389) Michflannory Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Michelle Flannory mentored a finalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Elmont Memorial High School, Elmont, New York.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-04-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Michflannory is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Michflannory is 2.75 au from the Sun and 3.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32389 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QJ202 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.79 km (#7,891 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0350 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.01 |
| Orbital period | 5.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.10 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.63 – 3.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.151 |
| Inclination | 2.76° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.62 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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