31281 Stothers

Summary

31281 Stothers is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 31281 Stothers is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 31281 Stothers's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 31281 Stothers's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 31281 Stothers's follows is recorded as (31280) 1998 FG33^[6].
• 31281 Stothers's followed by is recorded as 31282 Nicoleticea^[7].
• 31281 Stothers's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 31281 Stothers's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 31281 Stothers's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 FK34^[10].
• 31281 Stothers's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 QO27^[11].
• 31281 Stothers's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-03-20T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 31281 Stothers's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20031281^[13].
• 31281 Stothers's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 31281 Stothers's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.10'}^[15].
• 31281 Stothers's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1060600'}^[16].
• 31281 Stothers's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1053139194137968'}^[17].
• 31281 Stothers's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.4'}^[18].
• 31281 Stothers's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.57'}^[19].
• 31281 Stothers's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.03106'}^[20].
• 31281 Stothers's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.02369872165014'}^[21].
• 31281 Stothers's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.56'}^[22].
• 31281 Stothers's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1666.106535910779'}^[23].
• 31281 Stothers's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+342.50689'}^[24].
• 31281 Stothers's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+342.3865100566717'}^[25].
• 31281 Stothers's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.7505377'}^[26].
• 31281 Stothers's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.750444551880556'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

31281 Stothers's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

31281 Stothers ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]