(31899) Adityamohan Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 4 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Aditya Anand Mohan (b. 1997) was awarded first place in the 2015 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his biomedical and health sciences project. He attends the Colonel By Secondary School, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-11-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Adityamohan is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Adityamohan is 2.62 au from the Sun and 2.82 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number31899
Provisional designation2000 GG7
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)16.48
Orbital period3.45 years
Semi-major axis2.28 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.90 – 2.66 au
Eccentricity0.168
Inclination3.48°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.888 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Aditya

Also discovered on 4 April 2000

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