(31928) Limzhengtheng Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Lim Zheng Theng (b. 1998) was awarded second place in the 2015 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his environmental engineering team project. He attends the Hwa Chong Institution, Singapore, Singapore.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-11-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Limzhengtheng is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Limzhengtheng is 2.35 au from the Sun and 3.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31928 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GU78 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.21 km (#16,754 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.228 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.84 |
| Orbital period | 3.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.43 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0835 |
| Inclination | 1.32° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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