(31573) Mohanty Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 March 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Ahneesh Jayant Mohanty (b. 1997) was awarded second place in the 2014 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his medicine and health sciences project. He attends the Plano Senior High School, Plano, Texas, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-07-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mohanty is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mohanty is 2.24 au from the Sun and 1.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31573 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 FS23 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.76 km (#15,741 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.306 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.61 |
| Orbital period | 3.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.23 – 2.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0513 |
| Inclination | 4.72° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 19 March 1999
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- (11206) Bibee
- (11409) Horkheimer
- (15499) Cloyd
- (15500) Anantpatel
- (17030) Sierks
- (17039) Yeuseyenka
- (17040) Almeida
- (17041) Castagna
- (17042) Madiraju
- (17043) Santucci
- (17044) Mubdirahman