(31863) Hazelcoffman Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Hazel Coffman mentored a finalist in the 2015 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the Reid School, Salt Lake City, Utah.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-02-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hazelcoffman is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hazelcoffman is 2.68 au from the Sun and 2.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31863 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EE84 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.61 km (#11,414 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0580 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.82 |
| Orbital period | 3.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.85 – 2.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.184 |
| Inclination | 4.86° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.835 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Hazel
All asteroids named after someone called Hazel
Also discovered on 5 March 2000
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- (26559) Chengcheng
- (27383) Braebenedict
- (27384) Meaganbethel
- (27385) Andblonsky
- (27422) Robheckman
- (28570) Peterkraft
- (28571) Hannahlarson
- (28572) Salebreton
- (28611) Liliapopova