(31134) Zurria Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 September 1997 by Osservatorio San Vittore at Bologna.
Giuseppe Zurria (1810-1896), professor of mathematics at the University of Catania, where he was also dean of the faculty and rector, studied some arguments of analysis, special functions and the development of the perturbative function in series of spherical functions.Naming citation (20090806/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zurria is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zurria is 2.49 au from the Sun and 2.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31134 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 SF18 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.87 km (#17,176 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.385 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.55 |
| Orbital period | 3.74 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.12 – 2.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.120 |
| Inclination | 3.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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