(31663) Anjani Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 May 1999 by CSS at Catalina.
Anjani Polit (b. 1980) is an American engineer. She led Science Observation Planning for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission, and coordinates mission-wide technical science activities for the APEX Asteroid Mission. She was also the Uplink Operations Lead for the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #6, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Anjani is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Anjani is 2.20 au from the Sun and 1.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31663 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 JG2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.17 km (#16,810 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.310 |
| Rotation period | 25.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.12 |
| Orbital period | 3.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.17 – 2.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0773 |
| Inclination | 7.88° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.19 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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