(31956) Wald Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 April 2000 by P. G. Comba at Prescott.
Abraham Wald (1902-1950) was an American statistician whose most important work was the development of the theory of sequential testing of hypotheses.Naming citation (20020328/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wald is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wald is 2.71 au from the Sun and 3.61 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31956 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GA133 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.43 km (#14,162 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.287 |
| Rotation period | 8.90 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.68 |
| Orbital period | 4.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.74 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.65 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0327 |
| Inclination | 2.26° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.66 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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