(30025) Benfreed Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Benjamin Freed (b. 1996) is a finalist in the 2014 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his biochemistry project. He attends the Governor Thomas Johnson High School, Frederick, Maryland.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Benfreed is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Benfreed is 2.49 au from the Sun and 1.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30025 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 DJ26 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.77 |
| Orbital period | 3.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.91 – 2.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.167 |
| Inclination | 5.53° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.900 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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