(31873) Toliou Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 March 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Athanasia (Sissy) Toliou (b. 1988) is a postdoctoral researcher at the Luleå University of Technology (Sweden) whose studies include the orbital dynamics of near-Earth objects and primordial asteroids and comets.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 16), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Toliou is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Toliou is 2.09 au from the Sun and 2.83 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31873 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EA130 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.32 km (#12,013 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0500 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.9 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.131 |
| Inclination | 3.23° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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