(31953) Bontha Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Naveena Bontha (b. 1999) was awarded second place in the 2015 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her engineering mechanics project. She attends the Hanford High School, Richland, Washington, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-11-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bontha is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bontha is 2.25 au from the Sun and 2.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31953 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GZ125 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.13 km (#16,883 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.356 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.41 |
| Orbital period | 3.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 2.41 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0615 |
| Inclination | 4.68° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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