(31358) Garethcollins Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 October 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Gareth Collins (b. 1977) is a British professor at Imperial College, London. His interests involve all aspects of impact cratering and related geologic processes. He is a member of the InSight and Hera science teams and the DART Investigation Team. Collins was a winner of the Barringer Award in 2022.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Garethcollins is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Garethcollins is 1.87 au from the Sun and 2.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31358 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 UR23 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.27 km (#14,568 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.182 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.4 |
| Orbital period | 3.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.79 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.187 |
| Inclination | 6.40° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.785 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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