(32561) Waldron Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 August 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Melissa Waldron mentored a finalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Liberty High School, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-04-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Waldron is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Waldron is 2.50 au from the Sun and 2.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32561 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 QE38 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.12 |
| Orbital period | 4.19 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.60 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 3.05 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.174 |
| Inclination | 3.12° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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