(31916) Arnehensel Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Arne Hensel (b. 1996) was awarded best of category award and first place in the 2015 Intel ISEF for his chemistry project. He also received the Dudley R. Hershbach SIYSS Award. He attends the Bundesprasident Theodor-Heuss-Schule, Homburg/Efze, Germany.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-11-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Arnehensel is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Arnehensel is 2.48 au from the Sun and 2.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31916 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GC67 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.6 |
| Orbital period | 3.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0883 |
| Inclination | 1.96° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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