(32519) Timholt Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 21 July 2001 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.

Timothy R. Holt (b. 1983) is an Australian planetary scientist. As a graduate of the University of Southern Queensland, he introduced the notion of astrocladistics for use in planetary science, as a way of grouping the ever increasing number of small solar-system bodies discovered.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 26), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Timholt is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Timholt is 2.79 au from the Sun and 3.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number32519
Provisional designation2001 OB73
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.84 km (#10,928 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0630
Absolute magnitude (H)15.52
Orbital period3.77 years
Semi-major axis2.42 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.98 – 2.86 au
Eccentricity0.182
Inclination2.43°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.983 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Timothy

Also discovered on 21 July 2001

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