(30039) Jameier Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Joshua Abraham Meier (b. 1995) is a finalist in the 2014 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his medicine and health project. He attends the Academy for the Advancement of Science and Technology, Hackensack, New Jersey.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jameier is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jameier is 2.07 au from the Sun and 2.79 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30039 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 DE100 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.11 km (#14,945 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0610 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.43 |
| Orbital period | 3.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.135 |
| Inclination | 3.64° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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