(30053) Ivanpaskov Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 9 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Ivan Spassimirov Paskov (b. 1996) is a finalist in the 2014 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his bioinformatics and genomics project. He attends the Edgemont High School, Scarsdale, New York.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Ivanpaskov is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ivanpaskov is 2.48 au from the Sun and 1.61 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number30053
Provisional designation2000 EG44
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)16.58
Orbital period3.51 years
Semi-major axis2.31 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.09 – 2.53 au
Eccentricity0.0956
Inclination3.44°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.08 au

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

Also named after someone called Ivan

Also discovered on 9 March 2000

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