(31976) Niyatidesai Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Niyati Ketan Desai (b. 1997) was awarded second place in the 2015 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her physics and astronomy project. She attends the Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-11-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Niyatidesai is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Niyatidesai is 3.04 au from the Sun and 3.31 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31976 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HH13 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.92 km (#10,771 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.139 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.73 |
| Orbital period | 4.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.79 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.55 – 3.04 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0889 |
| Inclination | 1.68° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.53 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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