(31637) Bhimaraju Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 April 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Manasa Hari Bhimaraju (b. 2003) is a finalist in the 2015 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for her electrical and mechanical engineering project. She attends the Kennedy Middle School, Cupertino, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-11-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bhimaraju is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bhimaraju is 2.38 au from the Sun and 2.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31637 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 GF32 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.27 km (#16,663 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.285 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.07 |
| Orbital period | 4.04 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.30 – 2.77 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0937 |
| Inclination | 1.91° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.31 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 7 April 1999
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