(8631) Sherikboonstra Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Sheri Klug Boonstra (b. 1955) contributed to NASA's Lucy mission as the lead for the Lucy Student Collaboration, L'SPACE. Sheri has provided workforce training to thousands of students through L'SPACE, as Director of the Mars Education Program and as the lead of NASA's Undergraduate Student Research Program.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #9, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sherikboonstra is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sherikboonstra is 2.19 au from the Sun and 1.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8631 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EK41 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.71 |
| Orbital period | 3.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.18 – 2.33 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0347 |
| Inclination | 5.98° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.17 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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