(30350) Beltecas Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Steven Beltecas mentored a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Pelham Memorial High School, Pelham, New York.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-07-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Beltecas is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Beltecas is 2.55 au from the Sun and 3.42 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30350 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JA39 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.61 km (#16,045 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.237 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.5 |
| Orbital period | 3.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.88 – 2.66 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.171 |
| Inclination | 2.87° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.882 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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