(30412) Anthonylagain Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 May 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Anthony Lagain (b. 1990) is a French planetary scientist working on impact craters. He has developed machine-learning tools for crater identification, leading to the identification of the sources of several martian meteorites.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 16), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Anthonylagain is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Anthonylagain is 2.75 au from the Sun and 2.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30412 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 KJ58 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.46 km (#11,718 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.117 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.73 |
| Orbital period | 5.10 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.96 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.73 – 3.20 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0783 |
| Inclination | 10.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.72 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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