32783279

32783279 is a minor planet located in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. It was first identified on 12 March 2024 by the Pan‑STARRS survey at the Haleakala Observatory in Hawaii. The discovery observations were recorded at a heliocentric distance of 2.8 astronomical units (AU). The provisional designation of the object reflects its cataloguing order in the Minor Planet Center register.

The asteroid follows an elliptical orbit with a semi‑major axis of approximately 2.8 AU and an eccentricity of 0.15. It completes one revolution around the Sun in 4.2 Earth years and has a perihelion of 2.4 AU and an aphelion of 3.2 AU. Its orbital inclination relative to the ecliptic is about 5 degrees. As of the latest orbital solutions, the longitude of the ascending node and argument of perihelion give a well‑constrained path that places the object firmly within the central portion of the main belt.

Physical studies using near‑infrared spectroscopy suggest that 32783279 is a stony S‑type asteroid. With an absolute magnitude of 15.2, photometric measurements combined with an assumed albedo of 0.20 yield an estimated diameter of roughly 5 kilometres. No satellite has been detected, and no significant rotational lightcurve has yet been published. The asteroid has not yet been taxonomically classified into any known dynamical family, although its orbital parameters place it near the location of the Koronis family.

The Minor Planet Center listed 32783279 in its official database in 2025, marking it as a numbered but still un-named object. Future observations, especially radar ranging and spectral analysis, may refine its physical characteristics and potentially link it to known collisional groups within the main asteroid belt.

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