(31698) Nikolaiortiz Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Nikolai Victorovitch Ortiz (b. 2002) is a finalist in the 2015 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for his environmental and earth sciences project. He attends the Seashore Middle Academy, Corpus Christi, Texas.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-11-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nikolaiortiz is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nikolaiortiz is 3.03 au from the Sun and 2.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31698 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 JL33 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.13 km (#12,432 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.216 |
| Rotation period | 4.38 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.47 |
| Orbital period | 5.04 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.94 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.83 – 3.05 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0381 |
| Inclination | 1.07° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.81 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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