(30337) Crystalzheng Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Crystal Zheng (b. 1997) is a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her biochemistry project. She attends the Jericho Senior High School, Jericho, New York.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-06-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Crystalzheng is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Crystalzheng is 2.91 au from the Sun and 3.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30337 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JO29 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.42 km (#8,357 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0570 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.92 |
| Orbital period | 3.84 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.45 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.98 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.193 |
| Inclination | 1.84° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.977 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Crystal
All asteroids named after someone called Crystal
Also discovered on 7 May 2000
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