(31313) Kanwingyi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kan Wing Yi (b. 1998) was awarded second place in the 2014 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental management project. She attends the Maryknoll Fathers' School, Hong Kong, China.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-07-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kanwingyi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kanwingyi is 3.19 au from the Sun and 3.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31313 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FO119 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.76 km (#11,099 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.136 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.66 |
| Orbital period | 5.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.09 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.67 – 3.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.135 |
| Inclination | 1.81° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.68 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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