(31466) Abualhassan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Hayat Abdulredha Abu Alhassan (b. 1997) was awarded second place in the 2014 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental sciences team project. She attends the Al Ittihad Private School-Jumeira, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-07-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Abualhassan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Abualhassan is 2.48 au from the Sun and 2.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31466 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 CU26 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.56 km (#16,148 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.469 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.91 |
| Orbital period | 3.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.128 |
| Inclination | 3.17° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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