(30277) Charlesgulian Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Charles Gulian (b. 1997) is a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his space science project. He attends the Ossining High School, Ossining, New York.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-04-04), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Charlesgulian is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Charlesgulian is 2.33 au from the Sun and 2.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30277 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HF55 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.62 km (#13,662 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.195 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.9 |
| Orbital period | 3.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.98 – 2.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.130 |
| Inclination | 4.85° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.988 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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