(31512) Koyyalagunta Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 10 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Divya Koyyalagunta (b. 1995) was awarded first place in the 2014 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her behavioral and social sciences project. She attends the Clear Lake High School, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-06-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Koyyalagunta is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Koyyalagunta is 2.67 au from the Sun and 1.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number31512
Provisional designation1999 CF91
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.84
Orbital period4.15 years
Semi-major axis2.58 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.45 – 2.71 au
Eccentricity0.0504
Inclination4.95°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.44 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Divya

Also discovered on 10 February 1999

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