(31460) Jongsowfei Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Faye Jong-Sow Fei (b. 1998) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2014 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental management project. She also received the European Union Contest for Young Scientists Award. She attends the SMK Batu Lintang School, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-06-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jongsowfei is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jongsowfei is 2.65 au from the Sun and 3.60 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31460 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 CV19 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.89 km (#15,482 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.337 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.47 |
| Orbital period | 3.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.85 – 2.66 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.178 |
| Inclination | 7.83° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.851 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Faye
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Also discovered on 10 February 1999
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- (15088) Licitra
- (15492) Nyberg
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- (16013) Schmidgall
- (16014) Sinha
- (16015) Snell
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