(31384) Joseloisestevez Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 December 1998 by O. A. Naranjo at Merida.
José Lois Estévez (1922–2009) was a Spanish Professor of Epistemology at the University of Santiago de Compostela, as well as a poet and astronomer. A disciple of Ramón María Aller Ulloa, he built Spain's most powerful telescope during the 1960s. In his legal work, he sought to transform Law into an exact science by applying the rigor of scientific thought.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #6, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Joseloisestevez is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Joseloisestevez is 2.36 au from the Sun and 2.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31384 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 XE96 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.24 km (#16,709 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.352 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.55 |
| Orbital period | 3.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0985 |
| Inclination | 7.02° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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