(30363) Dellasantina Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Nicole Della Santina mentored a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Lynbrook High School, San Jose, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-07-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dellasantina is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dellasantina is 2.10 au from the Sun and 3.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30363 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JW54 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.85 |
| Orbital period | 3.82 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 2.82 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.154 |
| Inclination | 3.29° |
| 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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