(30241) Donnamower Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Donna Mower mentored a finalist in the 2014 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the Pennfield Middle School, Hatfield, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-01-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Donnamower is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Donnamower is 2.22 au from the Sun and 3.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30241 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HN8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.92 km (#17,120 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.331 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.65 |
| Orbital period | 3.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 2.33 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0518 |
| Inclination | 2.73° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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