(31464) Liscinsky Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 10 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Martin Liscinsky (b. 1995) was awarded second place in the 2014 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his physics and astronomy team project. He attends the Gymnazium Svateho Tomasa Akvinskeho, Kosice, Slovakia.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-07-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Liscinsky is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Liscinsky is 2.64 au from the Sun and 3.62 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number31464
Provisional designation1999 CM25
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.45 km (#9,808 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0860
Absolute magnitude (H)14.92
Orbital period3.39 years
Semi-major axis2.25 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.85 – 2.66 au
Eccentricity0.179
Inclination7.79°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.855 au

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

Also named after someone called Martin

Also discovered on 10 February 1999

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