(31907) Wongsumming Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Wong Sum Ming Simon (b. 1997) was awarded second place in the 2015 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his materials science team project. He attends the Church of Christ in China Tam Lee Lai Fun Memorial Secondary School, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong, China.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-11-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wongsumming is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wongsumming is 2.21 au from the Sun and 3.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31907 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GR44 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.28 km (#12,090 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0580 |
| Rotation period | 3.79 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.95 |
| Orbital period | 3.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.122 |
| Inclination | 1.88° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.956 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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