(30172) Giedraitis Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Alden Shea Giedraitis (b. 1999) is a finalist in the 2014 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for his engineering project. He attends the Triton Middle School, Byfield, Massachusetts.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-01-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Giedraitis is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Giedraitis is 2.88 au from the Sun and 2.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30172 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GZ71 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.86 |
| Orbital period | 4.79 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.84 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.79 – 2.89 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0188 |
| Inclination | 2.45° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.77 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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