(31952) Bialtdecelie Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Meghan Dong Duo Bialt-DeCelie (b. 1997) was awarded second place in the 2015 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her plant sciences team project. She attends the George W. Hewlett High School, Hewlett, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-11-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bialtdecelie is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bialtdecelie is 2.35 au from the Sun and 3.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31952 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GS123 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.30 km (#16,603 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.356 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.1 |
| Orbital period | 3.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.85 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.171 |
| Inclination | 5.98° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.839 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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