(30308) Ienli Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 1 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Ien Li (b. 1997) is a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her behavioral and social sciences project. She attends the Jericho Senior High School, Jericho, New York.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-06-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Ienli is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ienli is 2.52 au from the Sun and 2.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number30308
Provisional designation2000 JN1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Rotation period1.77 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)15.52
Orbital period3.47 years
Semi-major axis2.29 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.97 – 2.61 au
Eccentricity0.140
Inclination5.27°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.964 au

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

Also discovered on 1 May 2000

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