(31918) Onkargujral Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Onkar Singh Gujral (b. 1996) was awarded second place in the 2015 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his systems software project. He attends the La Martiniere for Boys, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-11-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Onkargujral is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Onkargujral is 2.48 au from the Sun and 3.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31918 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GW67 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.17 km (#12,344 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0930 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.48 |
| Orbital period | 3.81 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.118 |
| Inclination | 2.84° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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