(32892) Prufrock Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 February 1994 by A. A. Kaas at La Palma.
Named for the eponymous narrator of T.~S.~Eliot's poem “The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock”.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2020-02-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Prufrock is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Prufrock is 3.08 au from the Sun and 2.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32892 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 DW |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.35 km (#9,963 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.155 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.35 |
| Orbital period | 5.10 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.96 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.71 – 3.21 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0833 |
| Inclination | 11.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.71 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.