(31840) Normnegus Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Norm Negus mentored a finalist in the 2015 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. He teaches at the Mt Everest Academy, San Diego, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-02-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Normnegus is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Normnegus is 1.97 au from the Sun and 2.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31840 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CG51 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.77 km (#17,235 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.426 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.05 |
| Orbital period | 3.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.88 – 2.53 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.147 |
| Inclination | 4.25° |
| 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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