(31291) Yaoyue Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Yao Yue (b. 1997) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2014 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his computer science project. He also received the European Union Contest for Young Scientists Award. He attends the High School Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-06-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yaoyue is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yaoyue is 2.83 au from the Sun and 3.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31291 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FH64 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.64 km (#6,959 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0580 |
| Rotation period | 3.62 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.48 |
| Orbital period | 5.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.76 – 3.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.129 |
| Inclination | 2.70° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.76 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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