(31374) Hruskova Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 14 December 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Aranka Hruskova (b. 1995) was awarded second place in the 2014 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her mathematical sciences project. She attends the Gymnazium Christiana Dopplera, Prague, Czech Republic.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-07-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Hruskova is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hruskova is 1.99 au from the Sun and 1.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number31374
Provisional designation1998 XZ41
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter1.84 km (#17,195 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.362
Absolute magnitude (H)15.86
Orbital period3.47 years
Semi-major axis2.29 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.99 – 2.60 au
Eccentricity0.134
Inclination1.47°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.00 au

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

Also discovered on 14 December 1998

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