(30209) Garciaarriola Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Alfonso Garcia Arriola mentored a finalist in the 2014 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. He teaches at the ACCESS Academy, Portland, Oregon.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-01-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Garciaarriola is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Garciaarriola is 2.23 au from the Sun and 1.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30209 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GG116 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.92 |
| Orbital period | 4.12 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.16 – 2.98 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.159 |
| Inclination | 4.79° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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