(95626) 2002 GZ₃₂

(95626) 2002 GZ₃₂
	2002 GZ32 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope on 26 February 2008
Discovery
Discovered by	Mauna Kea Obs.
Discovery site	Mauna Kea Obs.
Discovery date	13 April 2002
Designations
MPC designation	(95626) 2002 GZ32
Minor planet category	centaur · distant
Orbital characteristics
	Epoch 5 May 2025 (JD 2460800.5)
	Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	30.33 yr
Earliest precovery date	29 March 1995
Aphelion	27.991 AU
Perihelion	18.003 AU
Semi-major axis	22.997 AU
Eccentricity	0.2171
Orbital period (sidereal)	110.28 yr (40,281 days)
Mean anomaly	18.718°
Mean motion	0° 0m 32.174s / day
Inclination	15.046°
Longitude of ascending node	107.295°
Time of perihelion	10 August 2019
Argument of perihelion	155.376°
Known satellites	0
Saturn MOID	7.987 AU
Uranus MOID	1.400 AU
Neptune MOID	2.347 AU
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	366 × 306 × 120 km
Mean diameter	218±12 km (area equivalent)
Sidereal rotation period	5.80±0.03 h
Geometric albedo	0.043±0.007
Spectral type	BR (TNO color class); B−V = 0.63±0.05; V−R = 0.46±0.03; V−I = 0.92±0.05;
Apparent magnitude	~20
Absolute magnitude (H)	7.39±0.06

(95626) 2002 GZ₃₂ (provisional designation 2002 GZ₃₂) is a centaur orbiting the Sun between Saturn and Neptune in the outer Solar System. It is one of the largest known centaurs, having a highly elongated shape that spans 366 km (227 mi) across its longest width to 120 km (75 mi) across its shortest. The object was discovered on 13 April 2002 by astronomers at Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaiʻi.

Due to 2002 GZ₃₂'s highly elongated shape, its apparent brightness oscillates as it rotates every 5.8 hours. 2002 GZ₃₂ has a dark gray surface that potentially contains water ice. It was the third centaur whose stellar occultation has been simultaneously observed by multiple people, after 10199 Chariklo and 2060 Chiron.