(30136) Bakerfranke Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 29 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Baker Franke mentored a finalist in the 2014 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the University of Chicago Laboratory High School, Chicago, Illinois.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Bakerfranke is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bakerfranke is 2.20 au from the Sun and 2.67 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number30136
Provisional designation2000 FO60
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Rotation period2.91 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)15.6
Orbital period4.28 years
Semi-major axis2.63 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.15 – 3.12 au
Eccentricity0.183
Inclination5.59°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.14 au

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

Also discovered on 29 March 2000

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