(31744) Shimshock Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Nicole Shimshock mentored a finalist in the 2015 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the St. Charles School, San Carlos, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-02-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shimshock is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shimshock is 2.61 au from the Sun and 3.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31744 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 JN79 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.97 km (#12,817 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.178 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.69 |
| Orbital period | 4.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.76 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.52 – 3.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0875 |
| Inclination | 8.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.53 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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