(31682) Kinsey Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Elizabeth Grace Kinsey (b. 2001) is a finalist in the 2015 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for her environmental and earth sciences project. She attends the Charles P. Murray Middle School, Wilmington, North Carolina.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-11-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Kinsey is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kinsey is 2.44 au from the Sun and 1.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31682 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 JU21 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.74 km (#13,359 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.200 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.81 |
| Orbital period | 3.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.27 – 2.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0607 |
| Inclination | 4.97° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.27 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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