(31492) Jennarose Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jenna Rose DiRito (b. 1996) was awarded second place in the 2014 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her medicine and health sciences team project. She attends the Academy for Medical Science Technology, Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-07-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jennarose is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jennarose is 2.47 au from the Sun and 3.03 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31492 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 CV57 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.54 km (#16,183 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.396 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.99 |
| Orbital period | 3.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.90 – 2.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.143 |
| Inclination | 5.65° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.919 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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