(32533) Tranpham Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 11 August 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Tran Pham mentored a finalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search , a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-05-21), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Tranpham is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tranpham is 2.08 au from the Sun and 1.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number32533
Provisional designation2001 PS29
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.32 km (#14,428 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.254
Absolute magnitude (H)14.84
Orbital period3.56 years
Semi-major axis2.33 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.03 – 2.63 au
Eccentricity0.129
Inclination7.43°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.02 au

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

Also discovered on 11 August 2001

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