(30096) Glindadavidson Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 4 March 2000 by CSS at Catalina.

Glinda Davidson (b. 1963) is a long-time business manager, contracts and budget expert at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory and the Department of Planetary Sciences. She has provided essential support for numerous planetary scientists, staff, students and spacecraft missions.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-01-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Glindadavidson is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Glindadavidson is 2.62 au from the Sun and 3.31 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number30096
Provisional designation2000 EZ147
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.46
Orbital period3.87 years
Semi-major axis2.47 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.07 – 2.86 au
Eccentricity0.160
Inclination2.62°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.06 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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