(30162) Courtney Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Joshua Michael Courtney (b. 2001) is a finalist in the 2014 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for his animal & plant sciences project. He attends the Carmel Hill School, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-01-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Courtney is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Courtney is 2.17 au from the Sun and 2.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30162 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GO57 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.75 km (#15,760 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.234 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.28 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.138 |
| Inclination | 0.724° |
| 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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