(30087) Georgeputnam Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 March 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
George Putnam, III (b. 1951) is a trustee of the Lowell Observatory Foundation. He is also a current director of the Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute and Harvard's Class ACT organization and a past trustee or director of several organizations including the Marine Biological Laboratory and the Massachusetts Audubon Society.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #6, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Georgeputnam is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Georgeputnam is 2.09 au from the Sun and 2.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30087 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EL122 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.85 km (#17,192 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.298 |
| Rotation period | 346 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.14 |
| Orbital period | 3.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.38 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0838 |
| Inclination | 5.43° |
| 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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