(31633) Almonte Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 April 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Carolyn Marie Almonte (b. 2003) is a finalist in the 2015 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for her medicine and health sciences project. She attends the Burlington Township Middle School, Burlington, New Jersey.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-11-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Almonte is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Almonte is 3.01 au from the Sun and 3.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31633 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 GH30 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.91 km (#9,067 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0880 |
| Rotation period | 4.17 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.7 |
| Orbital period | 5.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.76 – 3.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.132 |
| Inclination | 1.68° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.75 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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