(31859) Zemaitis Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Valerie Zemaitis mentored a finalist in the 2015 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the Wilbur Wright Middle School, Munster, Indiana.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-02-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zemaitis is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zemaitis is 1.99 au from the Sun and 2.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31859 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EB66 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.25 |
| Orbital period | 3.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.80 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.169 |
| Inclination | 2.33° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.970 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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