(32616) Nadinehan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 August 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Nadine Han (b. 2003) is a finalist in the 2016 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for her environmental and earth sciences project. She attends the Boston Latin School, Boston, Massachusetts.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nadinehan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nadinehan is 2.89 au from the Sun and 3.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32616 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 QH279 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.97 km (#15,300 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.318 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.06 |
| Orbital period | 4.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.74 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.58 – 2.89 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0583 |
| Inclination | 6.30° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.57 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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