(30035) Charlesliu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Charles Xin Liu (b. 1996) is a finalist in the 2014 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his bioinformatics and genomics project. He attends the Henry M. Gunn High School, Palo Alto, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Charlesliu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Charlesliu is 2.57 au from the Sun and 2.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30035 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 DX77 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.7 |
| Orbital period | 4.17 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.21 – 2.97 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.147 |
| Inclination | 4.53° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.20 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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