(31959) Keianacave Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Keiana Ashli Cave (b. 1998) was awarded second place in the 2015 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her earth and environmental sciences project. She attends the Lusher Charter High School, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-11-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Keianacave is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Keianacave is 2.33 au from the Sun and 2.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31959 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GD136 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 5.15 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.04 |
| Orbital period | 4.26 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.63 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 3.01 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.146 |
| Inclination | 7.02° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.23 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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