(31877) Davideverett Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 March 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
David Everett (b. 1964) is Project Systems Engineer for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission. Prior to his work on OSIRIS-REx, he served as Mission Systems Engineer for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and as Chief Systems Engineer for NASA's Heliophysics and Explorers Program.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-07-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Davideverett is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Davideverett is 2.23 au from the Sun and 1.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31877 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EX144 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.30 km (#10,043 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0630 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.31 |
| Orbital period | 3.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.166 |
| Inclination | 2.30° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.945 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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