(30368) Ericferrante Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Eric Ferrante mentored a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Cupertino High School, Cupertino, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-07-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ericferrante is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ericferrante is 2.70 au from the Sun and 2.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30368 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JT57 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 256 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.34 |
| Orbital period | 4.06 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.30 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0953 |
| Inclination | 6.10° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.30 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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