(31978) Jeremyphilip Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jeremy Philip D'Silva (b. 1999) was awarded second place in the 2015 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his biomedical and health sciences project. He attends the Father Gabriel Richard High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-11-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jeremyphilip is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jeremyphilip is 2.41 au from the Sun and 1.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31978 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HA14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 3.42 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.51 |
| Orbital period | 3.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.178 |
| Inclination | 2.01° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.935 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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