(31267) Kuldiga Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 March 1998 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Kuldiga, a city in western Latvia, was first mentioned in 1242, and it joined the Hanseatic League in 1368. The city is known for its beautiful nineteenth-century synagogue and for the Ventas Rumba, the widest waterfall in Europe.Naming citation (20080321/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kuldiga is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kuldiga is 2.78 au from the Sun and 2.38 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31267 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 ES14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.3 km (#4,909 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.137 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.97 |
| Orbital period | 5.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.02 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.69 – 3.35 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.110 |
| Inclination | 10.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.69 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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