(31471) Sallyalbright Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 10 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Sally Albright (b. 1999) was awarded first place in the 2014 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental management team project. She attends the South River High School, East Edgewater, Maryland, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-06-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Sallyalbright is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sallyalbright is 2.38 au from the Sun and 3.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number31471
Provisional designation1999 CJ36
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.10 km (#14,952 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.420
Absolute magnitude (H)14.29
Orbital period3.33 years
Semi-major axis2.23 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.05 – 2.40 au
Eccentricity0.0786
Inclination6.05°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.08 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Sally

Also discovered on 10 February 1999

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