(31437) Verma Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 January 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Abhishek Verma (b. 1999) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2014 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his animal sciences team project. He also received the Intel Foundation Cultural and Scientific Visit to China Award. He attends the Maharaja Agarsain Public School, Delhi, India.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-06-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Verma is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Verma is 2.71 au from the Sun and 1.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31437 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 BT19 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.00 km (#15,215 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.196 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.16 |
| Orbital period | 3.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.168 |
| Inclination | 6.61° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.951 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 16 January 1999
- (10423) Dajcic
- (10426) Charlierouse
- (15469) Ohmura
- (28254) Raghrama
- (29745) Mareknovak
- (31438) Yasuhitohayashi