(30234) Dudzinski Inner Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 4 April 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.

Grzegorz Dudziński (b. 1989) is a postdoctoral researcher at the Astronomical Observatory of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland. He is studying physical properties of asteroids and contributing to development of new asteroid shape modeling methods.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Dudzinski is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dudzinski is 2.05 au from the Sun and 3.03 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number30234
Provisional designation2000 GD167
Orbit classInner Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter1.37 km (#17,381 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.718
Absolute magnitude (H)15.6
Orbital period2.64 years
Semi-major axis1.91 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.76 – 2.06 au
Eccentricity0.0795
Inclination21.6°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.762 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Grzegorz

Also discovered on 4 April 2000

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