(31836) Poshedly Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 January 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Kenneth T. Poshedly (b. 1949) is the tireless Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers. In 2010 he won the Peggy Haas Service Award for his work with that organization.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-09-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Poshedly is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Poshedly is 2.57 au from the Sun and 3.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31836 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 BU34 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.66 km (#15,936 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.249 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.45 |
| Orbital period | 3.34 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.90 – 2.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.151 |
| Inclination | 5.47° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.885 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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