(30295) Anvitagupta Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 27 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Anvita Gupta (b. 1997) is a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her biochemistry project. She attends the BASIS Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-04-04), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Anvitagupta is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Anvitagupta is 2.37 au from the Sun and 1.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number30295
Provisional designation2000 HV74
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Rotation period41.0 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)15.35
Orbital period4.10 years
Semi-major axis2.56 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.30 – 2.82 au
Eccentricity0.102
Inclination4.57°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.29 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 27 April 2000

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