(172937) Pattysieck Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 May 2005 by Mt. Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.
Patty Alvarado Sieck (b. 1961) was an investigator for the State of Colorado Public Defenders Office for 23 years. There she worked to protect the rights and dignity of indigent people, and strove to ensure that the innocent were not punished for the crimes of others.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #13, 20), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pattysieck is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pattysieck is 3.44 au from the Sun and 4.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 172937 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 JS32 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.97 km (#10,670 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0410 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.73 |
| Orbital period | 5.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.10 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.70 – 3.50 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.129 |
| Inclination | 7.83° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.70 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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