(31839) Depinto Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Alyssa DePinto mentored a finalist in the 2015 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the Rocky Point Middle School, Rocky Point, New York.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-02-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Depinto is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Depinto is 2.24 au from the Sun and 2.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31839 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CW50 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.08 |
| Orbital period | 3.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 2.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.123 |
| Inclination | 1.63° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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