(30357) Davisdon Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Don Davis mentored a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Unionville High School, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-07-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Davisdon is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Davisdon is 2.85 au from the Sun and 3.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30357 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JJ45 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.75 km (#15,754 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.337 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.99 |
| Orbital period | 4.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.38 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0985 |
| Inclination | 2.40° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.40 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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