(30272) D'Mello Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Ryan D'Mello (b. 1997) is a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his mathematics project. He attends the Benet Academy, Lisle, Illinois.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-04-04), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where D'Mello is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: D'Mello is 2.52 au from the Sun and 2.62 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30272 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HA52 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.3 |
| Orbital period | 4.29 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.49 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0559 |
| Inclination | 0.902° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.48 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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