(30036) Eshamaiti Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Esha Maiti (b. 1996) is a finalist in the 2014 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her mathematics project. She attends the California High School, San Ramon, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Eshamaiti is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Eshamaiti is 2.07 au from the Sun and 3.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30036 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 DF78 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.1 |
| Orbital period | 3.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.80 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.155 |
| Inclination | 1.84° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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