(30275) Eskow Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Nicole Eskow (b. 1996) is a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her medicine and health project. She attends the Academy for the Advancement of Science and Technology, Hackensack, New Jersey.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-04-04), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Eskow is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Eskow is 2.14 au from the Sun and 1.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30275 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HP53 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.1 |
| Orbital period | 4.18 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 3.05 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.177 |
| Inclination | 2.19° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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