(30328) Emilyspencer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Emily Jane Spencer (b. 1996) is a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her materials science project. She attends the Hathaway Brown School, Shaker Heights, Ohio.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-06-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Emilyspencer is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Emilyspencer is 2.55 au from the Sun and 1.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30328 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JX22 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.99 km (#15,232 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.285 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.05 |
| Orbital period | 3.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.125 |
| Inclination | 9.34° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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