(32607) Portell Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 August 2001 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Jordi Portell (b. 1975) is a Spanish interface engineer at the University of Barcelona. He works on the Gaia mission by coordinating data processing activities. He is a specialist in compression algorithms and was in charge of aspects of Gaia daily operations, including the detection of asteroids on the focal plane.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 28), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Portell is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Portell is 2.99 au from the Sun and 3.10 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32607 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 QH220 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.16 km (#8,711 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.154 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.14 |
| Orbital period | 4.03 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.53 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 3.04 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.200 |
| Inclination | 8.80° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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Also discovered on 23 August 2001
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