(31807) Shaunalennon Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 July 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Shauna Lennon mentored a finalist in the 2015 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the Charles P. Murray Middle School, Wilmington, North Carolina.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-02-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shaunalennon is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shaunalennon is 2.71 au from the Sun and 2.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31807 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 NP17 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.36 km (#14,322 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.431 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.45 |
| Orbital period | 4.19 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.60 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.20 – 3.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.153 |
| Inclination | 7.83° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.22 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Shauna
All asteroids named after someone called Shauna
Also discovered on 14 July 1999
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