(30271) Brandoncui Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Brandon Bichemg Cui (b. 1997) is a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his engineering project. He attends the Hillcrest High School, Midvale, Utah.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-04-04), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Brandoncui is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Brandoncui is 2.26 au from the Sun and 2.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30271 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HZ51 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.83 km (#17,198 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.331 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.76 |
| Orbital period | 3.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 2.34 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0203 |
| Inclination | 4.76° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.26 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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