(30449) Caldas Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 July 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Manuel Caldas (b. 1981) is a Uruguayan space engineer and astronomy researcher, working at the Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de la República, Uruguay. He participates in the Uruguayan network of all-sky cameras for the fireball detection BOCOSUR (Bólidos del Cono Sur).Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 17), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Caldas is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Caldas is 2.66 au from the Sun and 2.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30449 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 NH13 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.44 |
| Orbital period | 4.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.83 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.46 – 3.21 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.132 |
| Inclination | 10.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.49 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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