(30365) Gregduran Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Gregory Duran mentored a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Dougherty Valley High School, San Ramon, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-07-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gregduran is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gregduran is 2.46 au from the Sun and 1.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30365 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JO55 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.54 km (#16,192 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.275 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.33 |
| Orbital period | 3.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 2.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0982 |
| Inclination | 4.19° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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