(30228) Hushoucun Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 April 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Shoucun Hu (b. 1985) is a professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences who studies gravity and dynamics around asteroids. He is currently involved in proposing new Chinese space missions to small solar system bodies.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 13), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hushoucun is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hushoucun is 3.07 au from the Sun and 3.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30228 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GO141 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.1 |
| Orbital period | 4.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.76 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.29 – 3.23 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.170 |
| Inclination | 10.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.31 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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