(30146) Decandia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Maria DeCandia mentored a finalist in the 2014 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Edgemont High School, Scarsdale, New York.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Decandia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Decandia is 3.34 au from the Sun and 3.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30146 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GQ34 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.43 km (#6,202 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0570 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.22 |
| Orbital period | 5.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.70 – 3.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.142 |
| Inclination | 0.650° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.70 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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