(31597) Allisonmarie Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 20 March 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Allison Marie Raines (b. 1998) was awarded first place in the 2014 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental management team project. She attends the South River High School, East Edgewater, Maryland, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-06-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Allisonmarie is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Allisonmarie is 2.48 au from the Sun and 2.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number31597
Provisional designation1999 FP47
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.30 km (#16,595 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.527
Absolute magnitude (H)14.74
Orbital period3.80 years
Semi-major axis2.43 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.24 – 2.63 au
Eccentricity0.0799
Inclination5.99°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.25 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Allison

Also discovered on 20 March 1999

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