(30436) Busemann Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 June 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Henner Busemann (b. 1967) is a German-Swiss professor of Cosmochemistry at ETH Zürich, Switzerland. He studies noble gases in meteorites to decipher their history, with the overarching goal to improve our understanding of the formation and evolution of the Sun and the planets of the solar system.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #10, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Busemann is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Busemann is 2.73 au from the Sun and 1.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30436 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 LC29 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 7.66 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.99 |
| Orbital period | 4.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.20 – 3.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.168 |
| Inclination | 2.84° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.22 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.