(31935) Midgley Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Anna Illing Midgley (b. 1999) was awarded second place in the 2015 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her plant sciences project. She attends the Herschel Girl's School, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-11-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Midgley is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Midgley is 2.33 au from the Sun and 3.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31935 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GY88 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.01 km (#17,025 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.362 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.55 |
| Orbital period | 3.34 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.89 – 2.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.157 |
| Inclination | 5.92° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.869 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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