(31774) Debralas Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Debra Las mentored a finalist in the 2015 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the John Adams Middle School, Rochester, Minnesota.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-02-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Debralas is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Debralas is 2.89 au from the Sun and 2.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31774 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 JW121 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.36 km (#9,953 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0980 |
| Rotation period | 3.17 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.8 |
| Orbital period | 5.29 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.04 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.64 – 3.43 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.131 |
| Inclination | 2.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.63 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Debra
All asteroids named after someone called Debra
Also discovered on 13 May 1999
- (11417) Chughtai
- (11418) Williamwang
- (11743) Jachowski
- (17130) Alexzhang
- (17147) Mariafields
- (17149) Victoriagraf
- (17151) Zanderhill
- (18012) Marsland
- (18013) Shedletsky
- (18015) Semenkovich
- (18016) Grondahl
- (18019) Dascoli