(30454) Carrillosanchez Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 July 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Juan Diego Carrillo Sánchez (b. 1979) is a Spanish meteor scientist at Catholic University of America. He develops models of meteoroid ablation to understand their impact on planetary atmospheres.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #13, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Carrillosanchez is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Carrillosanchez is 3.09 au from the Sun and 4.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30454 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 NK26 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.23 km (#6,368 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0500 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.29 |
| Orbital period | 5.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.13 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.07 – 3.19 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0185 |
| Inclination | 8.87° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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