(4731) Monicagrady Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Monica Grady (b. 1958), curator of the meteorite collection at the Natural History Museum in London, studies carbon isotopes in a wide range of meteorites with a focus on understanding the geologic processes leading to their formation. She is also actively involved in meteorite recovery efforts around the world.Naming citation (20001013/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Monicagrady is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Monicagrady is 3.97 au from the Sun and 4.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4731 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EE9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.1 km (#5,034 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0400 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.02 |
| Orbital period | 5.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.11 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.25 – 3.98 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.278 |
| Inclination | 5.85° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.26 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Monica
All asteroids named after someone called Monica
Also discovered on 1 March 1981
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- (3016) Meuse
- (3029) Sanders
- (3030) Vehrenberg
- (3042) Zelinsky
- (3058) Delmary
- (3075) Bornmann
- (3135) Lauer
- (3308) Ferreri
- (3472) Upgren
- (3498) Belton
- (3503) Brandt