(30147) Amyhammer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Amy Hammer mentored a finalist in the 2014 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Richardson High School, Richardson, Texas.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Amyhammer is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Amyhammer is 2.52 au from the Sun and 1.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30147 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GV41 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.04 km (#15,109 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.302 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.84 |
| Orbital period | 3.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0949 |
| Inclination | 5.59° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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