(31977) Devalapurkar Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Sanath Kumar Devalapurkar (b. 2000) was awarded best of category award and first place in the 2015 Intel ISEF for his math project. He also received the European Union Contest for Young Scientists Award. He attends the West High School, Torrance, California, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-11-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Devalapurkar is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Devalapurkar is 2.18 au from the Sun and 3.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31977 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HZ13 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.30 km (#16,611 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.253 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.73 |
| Orbital period | 3.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 2.42 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0706 |
| Inclination | 3.30° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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