(31599) Chloesherry Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Chloe Sherry (b. 1996) was awarded second place in the 2014 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her animal sciences project. She attends the John Adams High School, South Bend, Indiana, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-07-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chloesherry is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chloesherry is 2.45 au from the Sun and 2.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31599 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 FE49 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.11 km (#12,480 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.240 |
| Rotation period | 17.9 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.5 |
| Orbital period | 3.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 2.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0892 |
| Inclination | 8.20° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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