(31737) Carriecoombs Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Carrie Coombs mentored a finalist in the 2015 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the Julia Landon College Preparatory, Jacksonville , Florida.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-02-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Carriecoombs is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Carriecoombs is 2.30 au from the Sun and 1.32 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31737 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 JT75 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.63 km (#13,633 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.307 |
| Rotation period | 6.93 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.49 |
| Orbital period | 3.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.19 – 2.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0773 |
| Inclination | 6.00° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.21 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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