(31551) Ashleyking Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 February 1999 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Ashley King (b. 1985) is a British research scientist at the Natural History Museum, London. He specializes in understanding the origin of our Solar System and others by studying physical and chemical properties of extraterrestrial materials collected on Earth and returned through space missions.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ashleyking is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ashleyking is 2.13 au from the Sun and 2.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31551 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 DV7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.23 |
| Orbital period | 3.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.147 |
| Inclination | 8.03° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.979 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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