(31281) Stothers Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Duncan Bayard Stothers (b. 1997) was awarded first place in the 2014 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his electrical and mechanical engineering project. He attends the St. George's School, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-06-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Stothers is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stothers is 3.04 au from the Sun and 3.62 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31281 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FK34 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.57 |
| Orbital period | 4.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.75 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.46 – 3.04 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.105 |
| Inclination | 9.02° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.50 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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