(30100) Christophergo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 March 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Christopher Go (b. 1970) is a Philippine astrophotographer who has taken superb images of the moon and planets since 1990. His detailed images of eclipses of the Galilean moons of Jupiter attest to the excellent quality of his work with a 0.28-m telescope. In 2006 he discovered the Red Spot Jr. on Jupiter.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-01-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Christophergo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Christophergo is 2.90 au from the Sun and 2.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30100 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EL157 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.41 |
| Orbital period | 4.02 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.53 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.180 |
| Inclination | 16.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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