(31940) Sutthiluk Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Sutthiluk Rakdee (b. 1999) was awarded best of category award and first place in the 2015 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her animal sciences team project. She attends the Damrongratsongkroh School, Muang, Thailand.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-11-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sutthiluk is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sutthiluk is 2.48 au from the Sun and 3.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31940 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GQ104 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.56 km (#17,323 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.418 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.88 |
| Orbital period | 3.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.91 – 2.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.153 |
| Inclination | 4.55° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.897 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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