(31996) Goecknerwald Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Claire Goeckner-Wald (b. 1996) was awarded second place in the 2015 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her physics and astronomy team project. She attends the Plano Senior High School, Plano, Texas, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-11-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Goecknerwald is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Goecknerwald is 2.40 au from the Sun and 1.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31996 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HO42 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.19 |
| Orbital period | 3.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.129 |
| Inclination | 6.07° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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