(31201) Michellegrand Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 January 1998 by ODAS at Caussols.
Michel Legrand (b. 1932) is a prolific French musical composer, arranger, conductor and jazz pianist. He composed the music of many well-known movies such as The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and The Young Girls of Rochefort. He has won three Oscars and many other awards worldwide.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Michellegrand is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Michellegrand is 3.20 au from the Sun and 3.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31201 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 AT5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.30 km (#7,310 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0830 |
| Rotation period | 7.08 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.91 |
| Orbital period | 5.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.07 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.74 – 3.40 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.108 |
| Inclination | 10.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.75 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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