(31853) Rahulmital Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Rahul Mital mentored a finalist in the 2015 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. He is a board member at the Indus Center for Academic Excellence, Lathrup Village, Michigan.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-02-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rahulmital is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rahulmital is 2.19 au from the Sun and 1.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31853 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EW47 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.46 |
| Orbital period | 3.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.117 |
| Inclination | 6.87° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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