(31777) Amywinegar Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Amy Winegar mentored a finalist in the 2015 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the Bonneville Elementary, Salt Lake City, Utah.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-02-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Amywinegar is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Amywinegar is 3.02 au from the Sun and 2.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31777 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 JO125 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.61 km (#9,561 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.169 |
| Rotation period | 6.48 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.2 |
| Orbital period | 4.94 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.90 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.75 – 3.05 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0530 |
| Inclination | 3.12° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.73 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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