(31696) Rohitmital Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Rohit Rahul Mital (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 Indus Center for Academic Excellence, Lathrup Village, Michigan.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-11-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rohitmital is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rohitmital is 2.91 au from the Sun and 3.70 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31696 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 JF33 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.28 |
| Orbital period | 4.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.74 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.56 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0637 |
| Inclination | 3.06° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.57 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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