(51431) Jayardee Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 March 2001 by D. T. Durig at Cordell-Lorenz.
James R. Durig (b. 1935), father of the discoverer and for 28 years dean of the University of Missouri at Kansas City, directed the graduate studies of more than 100 students and published almost 1000 articles. His research in infrared, Raman and microwave spectroscopy has greatly supported astronomical spectral interpretations.Naming citation (20040504/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jayardee is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jayardee is 2.70 au from the Sun and 3.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 51431 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 FH9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.70 km (#13,460 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0810 |
| Rotation period | 6.47 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.58 |
| Orbital period | 3.78 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.151 |
| Inclination | 3.64° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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