(31902) Raymondwang Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Raymond Wang (b. 1998) was awarded best of category award and first place in the 2015 Intel ISEF for his engineering mechanics project. He also received the Gordon E. Moore Award and the Cultural and Scientific Visit to China Award. He attends the St. George's School, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-11-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Raymondwang is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Raymondwang is 2.26 au from the Sun and 3.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31902 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GN19 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.16 km (#16,836 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.263 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.6 |
| Orbital period | 3.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.84 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.175 |
| Inclination | 2.84° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.820 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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