(32549) Taricco Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 August 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Angela Taricco mentored a finalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science, Worcester, Massachusetts.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-04-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Taricco is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Taricco is 2.32 au from the Sun and 1.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32549 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 QA19 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.87 |
| Orbital period | 4.10 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.97 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.159 |
| Inclination | 0.999° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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