(31885) Greggweger Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 29 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Gregg Weger mentored a finalist in the 2015 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. He teaches at the Rice Middle School, Plano, Texas.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-02-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Greggweger is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Greggweger is 2.38 au from the Sun and 3.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number31885
Provisional designation2000 FJ32
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.96
Orbital period3.80 years
Semi-major axis2.44 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.08 – 2.79 au
Eccentricity0.145
Inclination2.42°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.07 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Gregg

Also discovered on 29 March 2000

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