(31936) Bernardsmit Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Bernard Adriaan Smit (b. 1997) was awarded second place in the 2015 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his microbiology project. He attends the Hoerskool Waterkloof, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-11-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bernardsmit is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bernardsmit is 2.44 au from the Sun and 1.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31936 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GP95 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.15 |
| Orbital period | 4.21 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.61 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.17 – 3.05 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.169 |
| Inclination | 2.51° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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