(31594) Drewprevost Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Drew Prevost (b. 1998) was awarded second place in the 2014 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his electrical and mechanical engineering project. He attends the Covenant Christian Academy, Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-07-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Drewprevost is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Drewprevost is 2.27 au from the Sun and 3.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31594 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 FH41 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.96 km (#10,680 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0790 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.39 |
| Orbital period | 3.90 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.48 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.26 – 2.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0884 |
| Inclination | 4.98° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.26 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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