(32724) Woerlitz Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 October 1977 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
The park at Woerlitz, near Dessau, is an exceptional German example of eighteenth-century landscape design.Naming citation (20050721/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Woerlitz is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Woerlitz is 3.39 au from the Sun and 3.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32724 |
| Provisional designation | 4029 T-3 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.7 km (#4,746 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0680 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.69 |
| Orbital period | 7.85 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.95 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.39 – 4.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.142 |
| Inclination | 9.90° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.42 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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