(30208) Guigarcia Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 8 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Guillermo Garcia mentored a finalist in the 2014 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. He teaches at the George Washington Carver Middle School, Coral Gables, Florida.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-01-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Guigarcia is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Guigarcia is 2.14 au from the Sun and 1.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number30208
Provisional designation2000 GN115
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.34
Orbital period3.63 years
Semi-major axis2.36 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.10 – 2.62 au
Eccentricity0.111
Inclination6.18°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.09 au

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

Also named after someone called Guillermo

Also discovered on 8 April 2000

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