(30722) Biblioran Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 September 1978 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Bibliotheka (Rossijskoj) Akademii Nauk (BAN) is the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Founded by Peter the Great in 1714 in St. Petersburg, it was the first national, public library in Russia. The collection consists of more than 20 million items, including nine million volumes of foreign literature.Naming citation (20040928/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Biblioran is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Biblioran is 3.20 au from the Sun and 4.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30722 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 RN5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.28 km (#14,534 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.497 |
| Rotation period | 2.87 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.88 |
| Orbital period | 4.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.72 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.81 – 3.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.336 |
| Inclination | 11.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.806 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.