(30065) Asrinivasan Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 10 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Anand Srinivasan (b. 1996) is a finalist in the 2014 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his computer science project. He attends the Roswell High School, Roswell, Georgia.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Asrinivasan is today

MercuryVenusEarthEarthMarsMarsAsrinivasanAsrinivasan

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Asrinivasan is 2.01 au from the Sun and 1.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number30065
Provisional designation2000 EF66
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.73
Orbital period3.62 years
Semi-major axis2.36 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.00 – 2.71 au
Eccentricity0.151
Inclination4.86°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.991 au

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

Also named after someone called Anand

Also discovered on 10 March 2000

More named asteroids discovered by LINEAR